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The Bishop of Freetown Short title
Cap. 276
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Contents
- Preamble
- Section 1 — Short title.
- Section 2 — Interpretation.
- Section 3 — Bishop of Freetown and Bo a body corporate.
- Section 4 — Apostolic Prefect of Makeni a body corporate.
- Section 5 — Corporate seal.
- Section 6 — Property and liabilities.
- Section 7 — Saving of rights of the Crown and others.
3238 Cap. 276] Bislwp of Freetown and Bo and Apostolic
Prefect of Makeni Incorporation
CHAPTER 276.
BISHOP OF FREETOWN AND BO AND APOSTOLIC
PREFECT OF MAKENI INCORPORATION
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.
SECTION.
CHAPTER 276.
BISHOP OF FREETOWN AND BO AND APOSTOLIC
PREFECT OF MAKENI INCORPORATION.
33 of 1959. An Ordinance for the re-establishment of the Bishop of Freetown
and Bo under the corporate name of Bishop of Freetown and
Bo and for the incorporation of the Roman Catholic
Apostolic Prefect, Makeni, under the corporate name of
Apostolic Prefect of Makeni.
(31ST DECEMBER, 1959.]
9 of 1952. WHEREAS by virtue of the Bishop of Freetown and Bo
Incorporation Ordinance, 1952, the expression " Bishop of
Freetown and Bo " was enacted to mean the Bishop of the
Roman Catholic Church in Sierra Leone and all property held
by the Vicar Apostolic of Sierra Leone was vested in the Bishop
of Freetown and Bo:
AND WHEREAS on the 3rd day of April, 1952, the Roman
Catholic Diocese of Freetown and Bo was divided to give effect
to the creation of the new Apostolic Prefecture of Makeni:
AND WHEREAS it is expedient to give effect to the establishment of two Roman Catholic bodies corporate within Sierra
Leone, each distinct from the other, where before there had been
one:
Bishop of Freetown and Bo and Apostolic
Prefect of Makeni Incorporation [Cap. 276
AND WHEREAS it is also expedient to provide for the reestablishment of the Bishop of Freetown and Bo, to incorporate
the Apostolic Prefect of Makeni as a separate legal entity and to
vest in the said Apostolic Prefect of Makeni all property proper
to that Prefecture.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Bishop of Freetown Short title.
and Bo and the Apostolic Prefect of Makeni Incorporation
Ordinance.
2. The expression " Bishop of Freetown and Bo " means the Interpretaf tion.
Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese o Freetown and Bo.
3. The Bishop of Freetown and Bo shall be a body corporate Bishop of
Freetown and
with perpetual succession and the corporate name of " Bishop Bo a body
of Freetown and Bo ", and he and his successors shall have full corporate.
power and authority in the said corporate name to sue, and be
sued, and to acquire and hold property, both real and personal,
and to sell, mortgage, alienate or lease the said property.
4. The Apostolic Prefect of Makeni shall be a body corporate Apostolic
· 1 · d h f Prefectof
w1th perpetua successiOn an t e corporate name o Makeni a
" Apostolic Prefect of Makeni ", and he and his successors shall body
h f 11 d h . . h "d corporate.
ave u power an aut onty m t e sal corporate name to sue,
and be sued, and to acquire and hold property, both real and
personal, and to sell, mortgage, alienate or lease the said property.
5. (1) The Bishop of Freetown and Bo may have, and use, Corporate
seal.
a corporate seal, and may, from time to time, break, alter, or
renew the same.
(2) The Apostolic Prefect of Makeni may have, and use, a
corporate seal, and may, from time to time, break, alter, or
renew the same.
6. (1) Subject to the provlSlons of sub-section (2) of this ~r~p~r~y and
section all property, rights or privileges vested in and all a 1
ties.
obligations and liabilities binding upon the Bishop of Freetown
and Bo as a body corporate at the date of commencement of this
Ordinance shall continue to vest in or be binding upon the said
Bishop of Freetown and Bo.
(2) With respect to the Northern Province of Sierra Leone,
all property rights or privileges vested in, and all obligations and
liabilities binding upon the Bishop of Freetown and Bo as a body
corporate whether by virtue of the Bishop of Freetown and Bo 9 of 1952.
Saving of
rights of the
Crown and
others.
Cap. 276]
Bishop of Freetown and Bo and Apostolic
Prefect of M akeni Incorporation
Incorporation Ordinance, 1952, or otherwise at the date of
commencement of this Ordinance shall vest in or be binding
upon the Apostolic Prefect of Makeni as a body corporate as
constituted by this Ordinance.
7. Nothing in this Ordinance shall be deemed to affect the
rights of Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, or of any other
person.
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