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[Prepared for convenience by the Office of Legislative Counsel. Note: This Act has not been revised as part of the Revised Statutes 1996. References in this Act to other Acts may be references to earlier Revised Statutes or to Acts not consolidated in a general revision of statutes, depending on when the provision of this Act containing the reference was enacted or amended.]
[Title substituted, 1962-71-2.]
Assented to March 2, 1956
2 In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,
"Branch" means a separate entity within the Province of British Columbia consisting of persons who are members of The Royal Canadian Legion and have been issued a charter by the Dominion Command of The Royal Canadian Legion as a Branch:
"Command" means the Provincial convention of The Royal Canadian Legion in the Province of British Columbia and, when it is not in session, the Provincial executive council of The Royal Canadian Legion for the Province of British Columbia:
"Legion" means The Royal Canadian Legion.
1962-71-4.
3 (1) The Pacific Command of The Royal Canadian Legion (hereinafter called the "Command") and every Branch of the Legion within British Columbia may hold, possess, or acquire by purchase, lease, exchange, donation, devise, bequest, endowment, or otherwise any real and personal property necessary or useful for the carrying-out of its purposes and objects, and may subject to subsection (2) sell, lease, mortgage, pledge, hypothecate, or alienate such property in any manner.
(2) No Branch shall, without the consent in writing of the Command, sell, lease, mortgage, pledge, hypothecate or alienate its real and personal property except in the ordinary and usual course of its activities.
1962-71-5; 1980-63-2.
4 The real property of the Command or of any Branch of the Legion in British Columbia may be registered in the proper Land Registry Office in the name of the Command or Branch.
1956-53-4.
5 The name of the Command shall be as set out in section 3, and the name of each regularly constituted Branch shall be as follows: " Branch of The Royal Canadian Legion."
1962-71-6.
6 The Command and every Branch shall have an official seal of such design as may be determined by the Dominion Command of the Legion.
1956-53-6.
7 All deeds, bonds, mortgages, transfers, assurances, conveyances, contracts, and other instruments with respect to real and personal property owned by the Command or a Branch shall be executed under the seal of the Command or Branch, attested by the signatures of the president of the Command or Branch and its secretary for the time being.
1956-53-7.
8 Where the title to any real property belonging to the Command or a Branch is registered in the proper Land Registry Office in the name of any person in trust for the Command or a Branch, then, whether the person is alive or not, the Command or Branch may make application for the registration of the title so registered in its name, and the Registrar, upon being satisfied that the title is so registered in trust, and without the consent of such person or his personal representative, shall issue a certificate of title in the name of the Command or Branch, subject to the provisions of the "Land Registry Act."
1956-53-8.
8A (1) Where the charter of a Branch has been suspended and trustees appointed pursuant to the provisions of the by-laws of The Royal Canadian Legion, all the powers of the officers of the Branch cease.
(2) The trustees have all the powers of the officers of the Branch and may exercise all the powers of the Branch.
(3) The trustees may execute on behalf of the Branch all instruments referred to in section 7.
(4) A certificate under the seal of the Command as to the appointment of the trustees is prima facie evidence of the appointment and of the regularity of all proceedings in connection therewith.
(5) When a Branch has ceased to exist pursuant to the by-laws of The Royal Canadian Legion, all the powers, rights, privileges, franchises, assets, effects, and properties, real, personal, and mixed, belonging to or possessed by the Branch or to which it is or would hereafter have been or become entitled vests in the Command, but subject nevertheless to all debts, liabilities, and obligations of the former Branch.
(6) A certificate under the seal of the Command as to the fact that a Branch has ceased to exist and its charter cancelled is for all purposes sufficient evidence, both at law and in equity, of that fact.
(7) Upon the application of the Command in accordance with the provisions of the Land Registry Act accompanied by the certificate referred to in subsection (6), the Registrar of Titles shall register the title so vested in the name of the Command.
1964-69-3.
9 No Branch in British Columbia shall hereafter incorporate or cause the incorporation of any society to be operated by the Branch, or for purposes to the benefit of the Branch, other than such a society incorporated to undertake such activities as are specifically provided in the general by-laws of The Royal Canadian Legion.
1962-71-7.
10 Nothing herein contained shall be held to confer or impose upon the Command or any Branch any right, power, obligation, or duty inconsistent with the Act of incorporation of the Legion and the by-laws and rules passed pursuant thereto.
1956-53-10.
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