Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) For the purposes
of this Act and of The Roman Catholic Church Lands Act 1895 , the said
Bishop for the time being shall be a corporation sole, by the name of
“The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Perth”, with perpetual
succession, and by and in that name may sue and be sued and shall have power
to purchase, take, and hold property and (subject as hereinafter provided, and
to the trusts and dispositions aforesaid) to sell, mortgage, lease, or dispose
of any property hereby vested, and may in respect of any real or leasehold
property hereby vested exercise all powers conferred on the Bishop for the
time being administering the ecclesiastical affairs of the Roman Catholic
Church of Western Australia, and his successors in office, by The
Roman Catholic Church Lands Act 1895 .
(2) The said Bishop
shall have an official seal and all courts, judges and persons acting
judicially shall take notice of that official seal affixed to a document and
shall presume that it was duly affixed.
[Section 4 amended by No. 67 of 1972
s. 5.]
[5-9. Deleted by No. 67 of 1972 s. 6.]