Section 65Part 9 — United Church
Trusts upon which property held
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All lands and hereditaments hereby vested in or which may hereafter, at any time, be acquired by or become vested in the corporation shall be held, occupied, possessed and enjoyed, upon such general or special trusts, and for such general or special purposes, and with and subject to such general or special powers and provisions, as shall, from time to time, or at any time or times, in respect of all or any of such lands, be described by resolution of the Council and until and subject to such declarations, and so far as the same shall not extend upon the trusts and for the purposes, and with and subject to the powers and provisions, mentioned and set forth in subsection (2).
The said purposes, powers and provisions are —
upon trust, to permit and suffer the lands and hereditaments and the erections and buildings for the time being thereon, and their appurtenances, to be used and occupied for such purposes connected with the United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands in the Cayman Islands or their Church or educational or training work in the Islands as the Council shall, from time to time, direct, appoint, sanction or approve;
to permit and suffer all and every such churches or places of religious workshop, theological or educational training institutions, youth centres, schools, vestries, dwelling houses, offices, outrooms and other buildings and conveniences to be erected or built upon the said lands and hereditaments or, being built or erected, to be enlarged, altered, improved, repaired, removed or pulled down, as and whenever the Council shall, from time to time, or at any time direct, sanction or approve;
to permit and suffer each and every church or place of religious worship for the time being upon such lands and hereditaments to be used, occupied and enjoyed, solely as a place for the religious worship and service of God, the preaching of the Gospel and expounding and teaching the Holy Scriptures, according to the doctrines and usages professed and observed by the body of Christians known as the United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands;
to permit and suffer to officiate in each church or place of worship on the said lands, and to have the conduct, direction and management of the services, worship and teaching therein, such minister, ministers or other person or persons only as shall be thereunto for the time being duly appointed in accordance with the rules, regulations and practices of the United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands or such person or persons as shall, from time to time, be thereunto requested by such minister so appointed as aforesaid;
to permit and suffer such dwelling-house on the said lands and hereditaments as shall or may, at any time, be assigned as a residence for the minister in charge of or connected with any chapel or mission station of the said church, and the sub-offices and appurtenances thereof, including so much land as shall be attached thereto as incident to such residence, to be used, occupied, possessed and enjoyed by the minister for the time being in charge of, or appointed to or connected with, such church in accordance with such rules, regulations and practices as aforesaid, as a residence for the minister and the minister's family;
to permit and suffer such parts of the said lands and hereditaments, if any, as may be set apart as a burial ground to be used by the ministers and members of the said church —
Provided nevertheless that the minister or persons already in charge of any church on the said lands, or any of them as the minister thereof shall be deemed to be so in charge by the appointment and with the approval of the Church aforesaid, but that whenever any authority of the Church having jurisdiction over any minister or person in charge of any such lands shall, in the exercise of the powers committed to it, declare by any resolution or other official act any now existing or future appointment of any such minister or person in respect of the said lands, or any part thereof or of any church at an end, such minister or person shall thereupon absolutely cease to be entitled to the privileges or benefits of the trusts aforesaid;
to permit every church built on such lands to be used under the authority of the Council according to the doctrines and usages professed and observed by the body of Christians known as the United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, and also to permit and suffer every such church building and the lands associated with the church to be supervised and maintained by the Board of that church, provided nevertheless that Council shall have the final authority in all matters relating to such churches; and
to permit and suffer every school, training institution, youth centre and other facility built on such lands to be used under the authority of Council according to the doctrine and usages professed and observed by the body of Christians known as the United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, and also to permit and suffer every such abovementioned institution to be superintended only by such Board of Governors or other Board or Committee as shall be duly approved by Council, provided nevertheless, that the Council shall have the final authority in all matters referring to such institutions as mentioned above —
Provided also that it shall be lawful for the corporation, in the manner, under the circumstances and to the extent and subject to the limitations and with the sanctions or approvals provided or required by this Part but not otherwise, to convey and assure, sell or exchange, or lease or otherwise deal with the said lands, hereditaments and premises, or any of them, or any part thereof.