Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

SALVATION ARMY PROPERTY TRUST ACT 1934 - SECT 11

Whenever by any will, deed, or other instrument any property, real or personal, has been or is devised, bequeathed, given, granted, released, conveyed, or appointed or has been or is declared or directed to be held upon trust to or for the benefit of The Salvation Army or of any fund, institution, branch, or corps thereof or is recoverable by or payable to The Salvation Army or by or to any fund, institution, branch, or corps thereof or be receivable by or payable to any officer thereof for the benefit of The Salvation Army or any of its funds, institutions, branches, or corps, or for its Social Work the will, deed, or instrument shall be construed and operate and take effect as though the Trustees were named therein, and the acknowledgment or receipt of the Trustees or a majority of them or of any person thereto authorised in writing by the Trustees, or a majority of them, for any such gift shall be a sufficient discharge to the person liable to deliver or transfer any such money or property under the will, deed, or instrument, and all property, real or personal, so devised, bequeathed, given, granted, released, conveyed, or appointed, or declared or directed to be held upon trust shall, subject to the trusts of the will, deed, or other instrument, and subject to any direction to the contrary therein contained so far as the same are capable of taking effect, be under the direction and control of the Trustees, and they may call for the transfer, conveyance, or delivery thereof.