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| (1) Every Bishop of a Diocese shall be a body corporate, and by the name of the Bishop of that Diocese shall have perpetual succession and full power and authority to acquire, purchase, accept, take, hold, take on lease or enjoy movable and immovable property of every description, and, subject to such provisions as may be made from time to time in that behalf in the Constitution of the Church of Ceylon, to sell, mortgage, let, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose of or deal in any manner whatsoever with the same and may sue and be sued in its corporate name. |
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| (2) All property, whether movable or immovable, which by virtue of any deed or instrument or otherwise was, or is now, or shall hereafter be vested in any Bishop of a Diocese and his successors, whether appointed by Royal Letters Patent under the Great seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland or admitted under the provisions of any other enactment or the Constitution, Canons and Rules of the Church of India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon shall, subject to any trusts or conditions affecting the same, devolve on and be vested in the Bishop of such Diocese for the time being, and his successors as such Bishops. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts