This Act may be cited as the Methodist Church in Malaysia Act 1955.
Act 457
Methodist Church in Malaysia Act 1955
Akta gereja methodist di malaysia 1955
An Act to provide for the holding of property within Malaysia by the Secretary of the Trustees of the Methodist Church in Malaysia.
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Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.
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s 2Incorporation and powers of the Secretary of the Trustees of the Methodist Church in MalaysiaOpen β
(1) The Secretary of the Trustees of the Methodist Church in Malaysia shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and shall have a common seal and in this Act referred to as βthe corporationβ.
(2) The corporation is hereby empowered to acquire, purchase, take, hold and enjoy movable and immovable property of every description, and to sell, convey, assign, surrender and yield up, charge, mortgage, demise, re-assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of, or deal with any movable or immovable property upon such terms as to the corporation deems fit.
(1) No deed, document or other instrument sealed with the seal of the corporation shall be deemed to be duly sealed unless such seal has been affixed in the presence of the person for the time being holding the office of Secretary of the Trustees of the Methodist Church in Malaysia, or his attorney duly authorized by a power of attorney registered under the Powers of Attorney Act 1949 [Act 424], and unless such deed, document or other instrument is signed by the said person or his attorney.
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(2) Such signing shall be taken as sufficient evidence of the due sealing of such deed, document or other instrument.
A notification in the Gazette of the appointment of any person to hold, or act in, the office of Secretary of the Trustees of the Methodist Church in Malaysia shall be conclusive evidence that such person was duly so appointed.
All movable and immovable property situated in Malaysia heretofore held, conveyed, assigned, granted, leased, transferred, transmitted to or otherwise vested in the Secretary of the Methodist Episcopal Building and Location Board is hereby vested in the corporation for the respective estates and interests for which the same is now holden.
(Omitted).
Nothing in this Act shall affect the rights of their Highnesses the Rulers of the States or of any body politic or corporate or of any other persons except such as are mentioned in this Act and those claiming by, from or under them.
The Methodist Episcopal Location Board Ordinance of the Straits Settlements [S.S. Cap. 249], the Methodist Episcopal Location Board Incorporation Enactment of the Federated Malay States [F.M.S. Cap. 103], and the Methodist Episcopal Location Board Incorporation Enactment of the State of Johore [Johore En. No. 145] are hereby repealed.
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Methodist Church in Malaysia Act 1955 [Act 457] (Laws of Malaysia, lom.agc.gov.my). Retrieved via LawPlayer, https://lawplayer.com/my/act/act-457
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Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).