Churches Incorporation Act

PUBLISHING DETAILS Consolidating the Church on Hospital Road (Incorporation) Law (16 of 1988)-as amended by Law 11 of 1995, the Anglican Church of the Cayman Islands Law (29 of 1979), the Cayman Islands Mission of Seventh-day Adventists Law (12 of 1974), the Church of God (Universal) (Incorporation) Law (8 of 1983), the New Apostolic Church of the Cayman Islands (Incorporation) Law (20 of 1978), the New Testament Church of God (Incorporation) Law (14 of 1972), the Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Cayman Islands (Incorporation and Vesting) Law (14 of 1979), the United Church Incorporation Law (31 of 1977), the Churches Incorporation (Amendment) Law, 2006, the Citation of Acts of Parliament Act, 2020 and the Churches Incorporation (Amendment) Act, 2026. Revised under the authority of the Law Revision Act (2020 Revision). Originally enacted — Law 14 of 1972-28th September, 1972 Law 12 of 1974-5th July, 1974 Law 31 of 1977-5th December 1977 Law 20 of 1978-8th September, 1978 Law 14 of 1979-11th April, 1979 Law 29 of 1979-6th September, 1979 Law 8 of 1983-24th February, 1983 Law 16 of 1988-20th September, 1988 Law 11 of 1995-15th September, 1995 Law 33 of 2006-10th November, 2006 Act 56 of 2020-7th December, 2020 Act 7 of 2025-27th June, 2025. Consolidated and revised this 31st day of December, 2025. Note: (not forming part of this Act): This revision replaces the 2007 Revision which should now be discarded. PART 1 - Introductory PART 2 - Agape Family Worship Centre PART 3 - Anglican Church of the Cayman Islands PART 4 - Cayman Islands Conference of Seventh-day PART 5 - Church of God (Universal) PART 6 - New Apostolic Church of the Cayman Islands PART 7 - New Testament Church of God PART 8 - The Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Cayman PART 9 - United Church PART 10 - Reservation of Rights PART 1 - Introductory Short title This Act may be cited as the Churches Incorporation Act (2026 Revision). Definition In this Act — “Islands” mean the Cayman Islands. PART 2 - Agape Family Worship Centre In this Part — the name of the Agape Family Worship Centre; and “corporation” means the body incorporated under section 4. Constitution of corporation (1) The persons collectively holding the offices of Chairperson, Secretary, Treasurer within the corporation and any other persons appointed to the board of the corporation, in such manner as the corporation determines in its documented bye-laws, and who are also members, are declared and appointed a corporation or body corporate to have continuance forever and perpetual succession by the name of the Agape Family Worship Centre and possessed of a corporate seal, if the corporation elects to have a seal, and by that name may sue and be sued in all Courts in the Islands. (3) The seal of the corporation, if the corporation elects to have one, shall be of such design and pattern as the corporation may, from time to time, determine. (4) On the recording in the Public Recorder Office of a certificate under the seal of the corporation, if the corporation elects to have a seal, the person named in the certificate shall be deemed to be the holder of the office named on the certificate until the recording or lodging of a certificate of the resignation or termination of the said appointee or the appointment of another person to such office. Repealed Repealed by s.3 of the Churches Incorporation (Amendment) Act, 2025 [Act 7 of No member of the corporation shall be in any way personally responsible as such or involuntary loss suffered by the corporation or any member thereof, nor for more money than shall come into that member’s hands, nor for any injury which may be done by others to the said trust property or any part or parts thereof. Powers to make rules (1) In respect of all matters within the province or discretion, or subject to the election, decision, control or management of the corporation or the members thereof it shall be lawful for the corporation in a meeting, from time to time, to make such rules in harmony with the purposes of the corporation as may be deemed desirable — (a) for convening and adjourning the meetings of the corporation; (b) for conducting its business; for carrying into effect the trust and powers vested in or conferred upon (e) generally for the carrying out of the objects of the corporation, and to revoke, alter, add or modify all or any of such rules, and all rules in force shall be binding on the members of the corporation. (2) Until and except as such rules shall be so made and in force and subject thereto, in all cases of a difference of opinion, the decision of an absolute majority of the members for the time being of the corporation shall be deemed to be the decision or act of the corporation. Power of corporation The corporation shall have power to — (a) hereditaments whatsoever whether registered at the Land Registry with absolute or provisional title or in fee simple, for leasehold or for any other Church property vested in corporation (1) All lands and hereditaments and all goods, chattels and personal property in the behalf of the Church by the officials, ministers or members of the Church, or any of them, are transferred to and vested in the corporation, their successors and assigns subject to all trusts, mortgages, charges, rights, reservations or encumbrances, if any, affecting the same or any part thereof. vested in and shall be deemed to be the property of the said corporation. (3) The following is the list of lands and hereditaments that are the subject of Block 15C 24REM1 (4) The corporation is not liable for the debts or liabilities of any subsidiary companies or any companies in which the corporation may have shares unless specifically contracted otherwise in writing by the corporation.

All property real and personal 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 trust for and for the benefit of or connected with or incidental to the Church.

The corporation may, from time to time, as may be deemed desirable, sell and dispose of, transfer, exchange, lease, rent out or convey any lands, hereditaments, buildings, goods, chattels or effects for the time being vested in the corporation — Provided that no land, hereditaments, buildings or real property shall be sold, disposed of, exchanged or conveyed, or leased or rented for any term longer than from year to year without the express concurrence and approval of a majority of the elders of the Church.

All rents, issues and profits of the lands and hereditaments vested in or acquired by be paid to the Treasurer of the corporation for the purposes of the Church in the 12A. Assets and Income of the Agape Family Worship Centre 12A. (1) The assets and income of the corporation shall be applied exclusively in the furtherance of the purposes of the corporation and no portion of the assets and income of the corporation shall be distributed as profit or dividend directly or indirectly to any member of the corporation, unless the distribution is intended for the legitimate purpose of compensating a person for services to further the activities of the corporation or paying for expenses incurred on behalf of the (2) Nothing in this section shall prevent the payment, in good faith, of — (a) reasonable and proper remuneration to any officer or employee of the corporation or to any member of the corporation, in return for any services actually rendered to the corporation; (b) the payment of interest on money lent by any member of the corporation at a rate per year — (i) not exceeding two per cent less than the base lending rate prescribed for the time being by a clearing bank selected by the committee or three per cent, whichever is greater; or (ii) at a normal commercial rate; or (c) reasonable and proper rent for premises demised or let by any member of the corporation or of its board of officers for the purposes of the (3) Any money raised by the corporation or the Church shall be applied to the specific purpose for which it was raised and such purposes may include the charitable aid of a member of the Church. (4) For the purposes of this section, “officer” means any person appointed to the board of officers of the Corporation. PART 3 - Anglican Church of the Cayman Islands Definitions and interpretation in this Part

(1) In this Part — “Church” means the Anglican Church in the Islands and includes its successors and any body for the time being exercising its functions; “corporation” means the body incorporated under section 15; “Church Committee” means the Church Committee as constituted under the Constitution and Canons of the Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands in the Province of the West Indies and includes the Advisory Committee or Committees nominated by the superintending clergy in accordance with the byelaws made under the Constitution and Rules of the Jamaica Church Missionary Society; and “Council” means the Council established under section 14. (2) In this Act, reference to “the Bishop”, “the Diocesan Secretary”, “the Chancellor”, “the Chairperson of the Financial Board” and “the Suffragan Bishops” shall be construed in accordance with the Constitution and Canons of the Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands in the Province of the West Indies. Constitution of Council

(1) There shall be a council consisting of not less than eight nor more than ten persons and shall include the Bishop, the Chancellor, the Chairperson of the Financial Board, the Diocesan Secretary, the Suffragan Bishops, the Superintending clergy of the Church and two members of the Church resident in the Islands and selected in the manner most acceptable to the Church. (2) The Chairperson of the Council shall be the Bishop or the Chairperson’s nominee, and a quorum of the Council shall be such number as the Council may fix from time to time. (3) At meetings of the Council all matters shall be determined by a simple majority vote and a decision or resolution of Council shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be the decision of a simple majority of the members of Council for the time being. (4) In any case in which voting is equal, the Chairperson shall, in addition to an original vote, have a casting vote. (5) Subject to subsection (3), the Council shall have the power to regulate its own procedure. Constitution of body corporate

(1) There is constituted for the purposes set forth in this Part a corporation or body politic consisting of five persons namely — (a) the Bishop, the Diocesan Secretary for the time being of the Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands in the Province of the West Indies and the Reverend Weevil Gordon, or the person who, for the time being, is the senior superintending clergy of the Church, and (b) two members of the Church resident in the Islands, who shall be selected in the manner most acceptable to the Church, and the Council may appoint the successors of such members of the corporation as vacancies occur, whether by death, resignation, removal or otherwise, as soon as may be found convenient after such vacancy occurs. vacancy in the body or in any of the offices in subsection (1), or by any defect in the appointment of any person to any such office. (3) The fact that any vacancy exists at any time among the members of the corporation shall not affect the continuance of the corporation. (4) The corporation shall have continuance forever and perpetual succession by the name of “The Anglican Church in the Cayman Islands” and by that name may sue or be sued, plead and be impleaded in all Courts of law or equity. (5) No deed or document purporting to be executed by the corporation shall be of any force or validity unless sealed with the seal of the corporation and signed by three members, two of whom shall be from among those in the category listed in paragraph (a) of section 15(1). Removal of members

Save and except the Bishop and Diocesan Secretary, the Council may, without cause and without giving any reason, remove any of the other three members of the corporation and substitute another or others.

No member of the corporation shall be in any way personally responsible as such, or involuntary loss suffered by the corporation or any member thereof, nor for money that shall come into that member’s hands, nor for any injury which may be done by others to the said trust property or any part of parts thereof. Common seal

The corporation shall have a common seal which shall be of such design and pattern as the corporation may, from time to time, determine; and it shall be lawful for the corporation to break, alter or renew the said seal as it thinks proper. Power to make rules

In respect of all matters within the discretion, or subject to the election, decision, control or management of the corporation or the members thereof, it shall be lawful for the corporation in a meeting, from time to time to make such rules, in harmony with the purposes of the corporation, as may be deemed desirable — (a) for convening and adjourning the meetings of the corporation; (b) for conducting its business; for carrying into effect the trusts and powers vested in or conferred upon (e) generally for the carrying out of the objects of the corporation, and to revoke, alter, add or modify all or any such rules and all rules in force shall be binding on the members of the corporation. Temporary provisions

Until such rules are made and in force, and subject thereto — (a) the Bishop, and in the Bishop’s absence the Diocesan Secretary, shall be the convener with full powers as such; and in the absence of both, any member of the corporation may be the convener; (b) in all cases of a difference of opinion, the decision of a simple majority of the members for the time being of the corporation shall be deemed to be the decision or act of the corporation; and members may, in cases where personal attendance can be dispensed with, express their opinion in writing addressed to the convener, and the opinion so expressed may be recorded as the vote of the absentee member.

(1) The lands and hereditaments mentioned or referred to in subsection (3) and all estate and interest of all and every and any of the grantees named in the several deeds or entered as proprietors in the Register of Lands of the Islands mentioned in subsection (3), their heirs and assigns of and in the lands and hereditaments by such deeds or transfers or entered in such Register or any of them vested in or granted to such grantees or such proprietors of any of them for any estate or interest, or mentioned so to be, and all other lands and hereditaments, if any, and all goods, chattels, and personal property in the Islands which are now legally or equitably the property of the Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands in the Province of the West Indies are held in trust for the purposes of the said body or are now held possessed, used, occupied or enjoyed on behalf of the Church or as Church property by the Church, or by the officials, ministers or members of the Church, or any of them, or by any person or persons holding under such officials, ministers or members, of any of them, are hereby transferred to and vested in the corporation, its successors and assigns, subject to such rights, mortgages, charges, trusts or encumbrances and reservations, if any, affecting the same or any part thereof. (2) All property real and personal in the Islands devised or bequeathed by will or otherwise given to the Church or to any person for the benefit of the Church shall be held by, is vested in, and shall be deemed to be the property of the (3) The following is the list of lands and hereditaments the subject of Block 99A 13D 13D

(1) The corporation has power for the benefit and purposes of the Church or for any special purpose or purposes of or connected with the work of the Church in the Islands any lands, hereditaments, goods, chattels and effects or real or personal property, or any estate or interest therein to — (a) acquire by purchase, transfer, donation, exchange, devise, bequest, grant, gift, conveyance or otherwise; deal with all or any of the property, both present and future, so held or any part thereof; receive money on loan and borrow, raise or secure money in such manner as the corporation shall think fit and in particular by the issue of bonds, debentures or debenture stocks (perpetual or otherwise) and to secure the repayment of any money borrowed, raised, secured or owing by mortgage, charge or lien upon all or any of the property or assets of the corporation; (d) draw, make, accept, indorse, discount, excuse and issue promissory notes, bills of exchange, debentures, bonds and other negotiable or transferable instruments; and (e) do all other things as the Council may, from time to time, declare and publish in two issues of the Gazette or as may be deemed incidental or conducive to the attainment of the above objects or any of them. (2) The objects specified in this Part and in each paragraph of subsection (1) shall be regarded as independent objects. 22A. Assets and income of the Anglican Church of the Cayman Islands 22A. The assets and income of the Church shall be applied exclusively in the furtherance of the purposes of the Church and no portion of it shall be distributed as profit or dividend directly or indirectly to the controllers, shareholders, owners or members of the Church, unless such distribution is intended for — purposes of the Church; or (b) paying for expenses incurred on behalf of the Church.

(1) All lands and hereditaments 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, 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). (2) The said purposes, powers and provisions are — (a) 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 only for such purposes connected with the Church or the educational or training work of the Church, as the Council shall, from time to time, direct, appoint, sanction or approve; (b) to permit and suffer the church or place of religious worship, 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, direct, sanction or approve; to permit and suffer the 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, and the preaching of the Gospel and expounding and teaching the Holy Scriptures, according to the doctrines and usages professed and observed by the Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands in the Province of the West Indies in full communion with the See of Canterbury and the Anglican Communion throughout the world; (d) 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 or 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 Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands in the Province of the West Indies or such person or persons as shall, from time to time, be thereunto requested by such minister so appointed as aforesaid; (e) 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, 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; (f) to permit and suffer such part of the said lands and hereditaments, if any, as may be set apart as a burial ground to be used by the minister and members of the said church — Provided 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; (g) 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 Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands in the Province of the West Indies in full communion with the See of Canterbury and the Anglican Communion throughout the world, and also to permit and suffer every such church building and the lands associated with the church to be supervised and maintained by the church committee provided nevertheless that the Council shall have the final authority in all matters relating to such churches; and (h) to permit and suffer every school, training institution, youth centre and other facility built on such lands to be used under the authority of the Council according to the doctrine and usages professed and observed by the body known as the Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands in the Province of the West Indies in full communion with the See of Canterbury and the Anglican Communion throughout the world, and also to permit and suffer every such abovementioned institution to be superintended only by such committee as shall be duly approved by the 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 and under the circumstances, and to the extent and subject to the limitations and with the sanction or approvals provided or required by the law incorporating it 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. Power to appoint attorney

It shall be lawful for the corporation, from time to time when and as it may be deemed necessary or advisable, by deed to appoint a person or persons as the attorney or attorneys of the corporation, or of the members thereof, either generally, for a limited period or on specified conditions and without limiting the generality of the foregoing to — (a) take possession or care of, or manage or collect the rents of any property real or personal for the time being vested, or claimed to be vested, in the (b) enforce or carry into effect the trust or provisions affecting or relating to any such property real or personal; and carry out the directions of the members of the corporation or the Council in respect of the same trust premises, or any of them, and such appointments and powers of attorney may, from time to time, at the corporation’s pleasure, be revoked and determined by deed.

(1) The corporation may, from time to time, as may be deemed desirable, sell and dispose of, transfer, exchange, lease, rent out or convey any lands, hereditaments, buildings, goods, chattels or effects for the time being vested in (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), no land, hereditaments, buildings or real property shall be sold, disposed of, exchanged or conveyed, or leased or rented for any term longer than from year to year without the express concurrence and approval of the Council.

All rents, issues and profits of the lands and hereditaments vested in or acquired by be paid to the Council for the purposes of the Church in the Islands. Reference of questions and disputes to Council

In all cases of any questions or disputes in reference to the trusts, powers or provisions affecting any lands or hereditaments vested in or claimed to be vested in the corporation, or the exercise or enforcement thereof, or in reference to the doctrines or usages of the Church in relation to any such lands, or the occupancy, charge or superintendence thereof, or any trusts or provisions affecting the same, or in reference to the members of the corporation, or in reference to the right of any minister or person to occupy or of any board or committee to superintend, or take or keep charge of any such lands or hereditaments, or any part thereof, or any buildings thereon, the same shall be referred to the Council, and its decision thereon shall be absolutely binding and conclusive as to such question or dispute. Evidence of acts

For the purposes of this Part, any resolution, decision or document purporting to be signed by the Chairperson and the Secretary of Council and purporting to be proved by a voluntary declaration of such (as the case may be) shall be prima facie evidence of the official status of the parties signing the same, and also of the facts therein stated, in all Courts of and elsewhere in the Islands. PART 4 - Cayman Islands Conference of Seventh-day

In this Part — the name of the Cayman Islands Conference of Seventh-day Adventists including its successors and any body for the time being exercising its functions; and “corporation” means the body incorporated under section 30.

(1) The persons holding the office of President, Executive Secretary, Chief Financial Officer and any other persons who are appointed to the Executive Committee are hereby declared to be a corporation, and each person holding such office or so appointed shall be a member of the corporation. (1A) The corporation shall have continuance forever and perpetual succession by the name of “the Cayman Islands Conference of Seventh-day Adventists” and possessed of a corporate seal, if the corporation elects to have a seal, and by that name may sue and be sued in all courts in the Cayman Islands. (1B) No deed or document purporting to be executed by the corporation shall be of any force or validity unless it is sealed with the corporate seal, if the corporation elects to have a seal, and signed by any two of the persons listed below — (a) President of the Cayman Islands Conference of Seventh-day Adventists; (b) Executive Secretary of the Cayman Islands Conference of Seventh-day Adventists; or (c) the Chief Financial Officer of the Cayman Islands Conference of Seventhday Adventists. (3) The seal of the corporation, if the corporation elects to have a seal, shall be of such design and pattern as the corporation may, from time to time, determine. (4) Upon the recording in the Public Records Office a certificate under the seal of the corporation, if the corporation elects to have a seal, and appointment of any person to any office mentioned in subsection (1), the person named in such a certificate shall be deemed to be the holder of the office named therein until the recording or lodging of a certificate of the appointment of another person to such office.

No deed or document purporting to be executed by the corporation shall be of any the following, namely the President of the Cayman Islands Conference of Seventhday Adventists and the Secretary-Treasurer of the Cayman Islands Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, and/or the President of the West Indies Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and the Executive Secretary of the West Indies Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. 31A. Bye-laws 31A. (1) In respect of all matters within the province or discretion, or subject to the election, decision, control or management of the corporation, it shall be lawful for the Church in a meeting to agree the form of bye-laws which governs and to make such rules, in harmony with the purposes of the corporation — (a) for convening and adjourning the meetings of the corporation; (b) for conducting business; (c) for carrying into effect the trust and powers vested in or conferred on the (e) generally for the carrying out of the objects of the corporation, and to revoke, alter add or modify all or any of the bye-laws with the approval of the Inter-American Division of Seventh-day Adventists. (2) The bye-laws in force shall be binding on the members of the corporation. 31B. Liability 31B. (1) No member of the corporation shall be in any way personally responsible as such or as a trustee of any of the lands, hereditament, goods, chattels or effects for the time being vested in the corporation, for or in respect of any debt due, owing or accruing, on or in reference to such trust property, nor for any involuntary loss suffered by the corporation, nor for more money than shall come into the member’s hands, nor for any injury which may be done by others to the said trust property or any parts thereof. (2) The corporation shall not be liable for the debts or liabilities of any subsidiary companies or any companies in which the corporation may have shares unless specifically contracted otherwise in writing by the corporation.

(1) All lands and hereditaments and all goods, chattels and personal property in the behalf of the Church by the officials, minister or members of the Church are, if not already legally registered in the name of the Church, transferred to and vested in the corporation, their successors and assigns subject to all trusts, mortgages, charges, rights, reservations or encumbrances, if any, affecting the same or any part thereof. (2) All real property and personal property in the Islands bequeathed by will or otherwise given to the Church or to any person for the benefit of the Church, shall be vested in and shall be deemed to be the property of the corporation. Block 4B West Bay North 4D 14E Spotts 24E Spotts 24E 27B 28B 44B 49B 54D 57E 72C 104A Cayman Brac East 109B

The corporation shall have power for the benefit and purposes of the Church or for any special purpose or purposes of or connected with the work of the Church in the Islands, with respect to any lands, hereditaments, goods, chattels and effects or seal or personal property, or any estate or interest therein to — (a) 33A. Assets and income of the Cayman Islands Conference of Seventh-day 33A. (1) The assets and income of the corporation shall be applied exclusively in the furtherance of the purposes of the corporation and no portion of the assets and income of the corporation shall be distributed as profit or dividend directly or indirectly to any member of the corporation, unless such distribution is intended for the legitimate purpose of compensating a person for services to further the activities of the corporation or paying for expenses incurred on behalf of the (2) Nothing in this section shall prevent the payment, in good faith, of — (a) reasonable and proper remuneration to any officer or employee of the corporation or to any member of the corporation, in return for any services rendered to the corporation; (b) interest on money lent by any member of the corporation or any officer of the corporation at a rate per year — (i) not exceeding two per cent less than the base lending rate prescribed for the time being by a clearing bank selected by the Executive Committee or three per cent, whichever is greater; or (ii) at a normal commercial rate; or (c) reasonable and proper rent for premises demised or let by any member of the corporation or of its board of officers. PART 5 - Church of God (Universal)

In this Part — the name of the Church of God (Universal); and “corporation” means the body incorporated under section 35. Creation of corporation of officers thereof

(1) The following persons, namely Robert James Arch, Executive Pastor, Hope Dorothy Ethlyn Glidden-Borden, the Secretary in the Islands and Sarah Lois Arch, the Treasurer in the Islands and their successors for the time being in the respective offices of Executive Pastor in the Islands, Secretary in the Islands and Treasurer in the Islands are hereby declared, constituted and appointed a corporation or body corporate to have continuance forever and perpetual succession by the name of “The Church of God (Universal)” and possessed of a corporate seal and by that name may sue and be sued in all Courts in the Islands. vacancies in the body or in any of the offices mentioned in subsection (1) or by subsection (1), the person named in such certificate shall be deemed to be the

No deed or document purporting to be executed by the corporation shall be of any the following, namely the Executive Pastor in the Islands, Treasurer in the Islands and Secretary in the Islands.

(1) All lands and hereditaments and all goods, chattels and personal property in the Islands which are now legally or equitable the property of the Church or are held in trust for the purposes of the Church or are now held or possessed on behalf of the Church by the officials, ministers or members of the Church or any of them or by any person holding under such officials, ministers or members or any of them are hereby transferred to and vested in the corporation, its successors and assigns subject to all trusts, mortgages, charges, rights, reservations or encumbrances, if any, affecting the same or any part thereof. given to the Church or any person for the benefit of the Church shall be held by, is vested in and shall be deemed to be the property of the said corporation. Block 14E 14BH 28D 32B 72C

(1) The corporation shall have power to — (a) borrow or raise or secure the payment of money in such manner as may be (2) The assets and income of the Church shall be applied exclusively in the furtherance of the purposes of the Church and no portion of it shall be distributed as profit or dividend directly or indirectly to the controllers, shareholders, owners or members of the Church, unless such distribution is intended for — activities of the Church; or (b) paying for expense incurred on behalf of the Church. PART 6 - New Apostolic Church of the Cayman Islands

In this Part — the name of the New Apostolic Church of the Cayman Islands; and “corporation” means the body incorporated under section 40.

(1) The following persons, namely Michael Kraus, District Apostle, Erwin Wagner, Apostle and George Meisinger, District Rector and their successors for the time being in the respective offices of District Apostle, Apostle and District Rector in the Islands are hereby declared constituted and appointed a corporation or body corporate to have continuance forever and perpetual succession by the name of “The New Apostolic Church of the Cayman Islands” and possessed of a corporate seal and by that name may sue and be sued in all Courts in the subsection (1), the person named in such certificate shall be deemed to be the

No deed or document purporting to be executed by the corporation shall be of any the following, namely the District Apostle, Apostle and District Rector in the Islands.

(1) All lands and hereditaments and all goods, chattels and personal property in the behalf of the Church by the officials, ministers, Apostles, Rectors or members of the Church or any of them or by any person holding under such officials, ministers, Apostles, Rectors or members or any of them are hereby transferred to and vested in the corporation, their successors and assigns subject to all trusts, mortgages, charges, rights, reservations or encumbrances, if any, affecting the same or any part thereof. held by, is vested in and shall be deemed to be the property of the said

The corporation shall have power to — (a) and for such purposes and with such powers as may be stated in the power of attorney, and to revoke any such appointment. PART 7 - New Testament Church of God

In this Part — the name of the New Testament Church of God; and “corporation” means the body incorporated under section 45.

(1) The following persons, namely Eitel Nathaniel Morris (Administrative Bishop), Elaine Jacqueline Willis (Secretary/Treasurer), Clovis Hugh George Wilks (Executive Board Member), Richard Cornelius Fraser (Executive Board Member) are declared constituted and appointed a corporation or body corporate to have continuance forever and perpetual succession by name of “The New Testament Church of God” possessed of a corporate seal and by that name may sue and be sued in all courts in the Islands. (2) No act or proceeding or the corporation shall be invalidated by reason of any subsection (1), the person named in such a certificate shall be deemed to be the

No deed or document purporting to be executed by the corporation shall be valid unless it is sealed with the corporate seal and signed by the Administrative Bishop and any two of the following persons — (a) the Secretary/Treasurer in the Islands; or (b) a member of the Executive Board in the Islands.

(1) All lands and hereditaments and all goods, chattels and personal property in the behalf of the Church by the officials, ministers or members of the Church or any of them or by any person holding under such officials, ministers or members or any of them are hereby transferred to and vested in the corporation, their successors and assigns subject to all trusts, mortgages, charges, rights, reservations or encumbrances, if any, affecting the same or any part thereof. held by, and is vested in, and deemed to be the property of the said Corporation. Block 1C 14BG 14E 19E High Rock 68A Cayman Brac West 96D (4) The assets and income of the Church shall be applied exclusively in the furtherance of the purposes of the Church. (5) No portion of the assets and income of the Church shall be distributed as profit or dividend directly or indirectly to the controllers, shareholders, owners or members of the Church unless such distribution is intended for the legitimate purpose of compensating a person for services to further the activities of the Church or paying for expenses incurred on behalf of the Church.

The corporation shall have power to — (a) hereditaments whatsoever in fees simple, for leasehold, or for any other mortgage, sell, convey, transfer, assign, dispose of, turn to account or otherwise deal with all or any of the property both present and future so held or vested or any part thereof; in such corporation and to redeem and pay off any such securities; and and for such purposes and with such powers as may be stated in the power of attorney, and to revoke any such appointment. PART 8 - The Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Cayman

In this Part — “successors in office” means the persons from time to time having, by appointment by the Roman Pontiff of the Catholic Church, the ecclesiastical powers, authorities, duties and jurisdiction in the Islands of the Roman Catholic Church vested in the Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Cayman Islands. Creation of corporation

(1) Allen H. Vigneron, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Cayman Islands and his successors in office shall be a corporation sole to have continuance forever and perpetual succession by the name of “The Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Cayman Islands” and possessed of a corporate seal, and by that name may sue and be sued in all Courts of the Islands. (1A) On July 14, 2000, by determination of the Roman Pontiff’s Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, responsibility for the Missio sui iuris of the Cayman Islands was permanently transferred from the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Kingston to the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Detroit, His Eminence, Adam Cardinal Maida, and his successors in office, as appointed by the Roman Pontiff of the Catholic Church and on January 5, 2009, by appointment of the Roman Pontiff, His Excellency, Allen H. Vigneron, succeeded His Eminence, Adam Cardinal Maida, as Archbishop of Detroit and, consequently, Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Cayman Islands. (2) No law or proceeding of the said corporation shall be invalidated by reason of any vacancy in the office mentioned in subsection (1) or by any defect in the appointment of any person to such office. (3) The seal of the said corporation shall be of such design and pattern as the corporation may, from time to time, determine. 50A. Application of assets and income 50A. The assets and income of the corporation shall be applied exclusively in the furtherance of the purposes of the corporation and no portion of the assets and income of the corporation shall be distributed as profit or dividend directly or indirectly to the controllers, shareholders, owners or members of the corporation, unless the distribution is intended for — activities of the corporation; or (b) paying for expenses incurred on behalf of the corporation.

(1) All lands and hereditaments and all goods, chattels and personal property in the Islands which, immediately prior to the 7th May, 1979 were legally or equitably the property of, vested in or held in trust for the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Kingston in the Islands are transferred to and vested in the Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Cayman Islands for the same estate and interest and to the extent to which the same were respectively held by or vested in the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Kingston immediately prior to the 7th May, 1979 subject to all trusts, mortgages, charges, rights, reservations or incumbrances, if any, affecting the same or any part thereof. (2) All property real and personal in the Islands including the property specified in subsection (3) devised or bequeathed by will, conveyed, transferred or otherwise given to the Roman Catholic Church in the Islands shall be held by and is vested in and deemed to be the property of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Cayman Islands. (3) The following is the property referred to in subsection (2) — Block 7C 15B 57A 4E Cayman Brac West 96E Cayman Brac East 107A

The corporation constituted under this Part has power to — (a) acquire, hold, purchase, receive, lease, possess and enjoy any lands or hereditaments whatsoever with absolute or provisional registered title in fee simple, leasehold or for any other estate or interest and all property real, personal or mixed; mortgage, sell, convey, transfer, assign, dispose of, turn to account or otherwise deal with all or any of the property both present and future so held or vested or any part thereof; in such corporation and to redeem and pay off any such securities; and (d) appoint an attorney or attorneys for such time and purposes and with such powers as may be stated in the instrument of appointment, to revoke any such appointment and to confer on any such attorney or attorneys appointed as aforesaid power to appoint a substitute in that attorney’s or their stead. Appointment of officer

On the appointment of any person to the office mentioned in section 50 the instrument of appointment or a copy thereof duly certified as such by the Roman Pontiff of the Catholic Church shall be recorded in the Public Records Office. Vesting of personal property

Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, shares, stock, debentures, debenture stock, scrip, bonds or other negotiable securities issued by a company incorporated in the Islands and any bonds, stocks, funds or other negotiable securities issued by the Government of the Islands or any public body or authority municipal or local in the Islands and any personal property, the precise situation of which cannot be ascertained, hereafter bequeathed by will or otherwise given to the Roman Catholic Church in the Islands shall be deemed to be given or bequeathed to the Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Cayman Islands. PART 9 - United Church

In this Part — “Church” means the United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands and includes its successors and any body or entity (by whatever name it may be called) for the time being exercising its functions; “Corporation” means the Cayman United Church Corporation or CUCC; and “Council” means the Cayman Islands Regional Mission Council of the United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands and includes any body, Synod or meeting (by whatever name it may be called), which for the time being, exercises in Grand Cayman the functions of the said Council. Constitution of body corporate

The following persons, being persons approved by the Council, namely Wentworth Lyndhurst Bodden, Vernon Lionel Jackson, Clarence Vernon Thompson, Reverend Doctor Albert Neil Banks and their successors to be appointed as hereinafter mentioned, shall be and are hereby created one corporation or body politic, to have continuance forever and perpetual succession by the name of “The Cayman United Church Corporation” and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in all Courts of law or equity. Powers to remove members

The Council may, without cause and without giving any reason therefor, remove any of the members of the said body corporate and substitute another or others. Appointment of successors

The successors of the members of the corporation, as vacancies occur amongst such members by death, resignation, removal or otherwise and as soon thereafter as may be found convenient, may be appointed by the Council — Provided that the fact of any vacancies existing at any time among the members of the corporation shall not be held to affect the continuance of the corporation.

No member of the corporation shall be in any way personally responsible as such, or involuntary loss suffered by the corporation, or any member thereof, nor for more money than shall come into that member’s hands, nor for any injury which may be done by others to the said trust property or any part or parts thereof. Common seal

The corporation shall have a common seal, with such stamp and inscription to be made thereon as the members for the time being of the corporation shall think proper to adopt; and it shall be lawful for them, from time to time, to break, alter or renew the said seal, as they shall think proper. Power to make rules

In respect of all matters within the province or discretion, or subject to the election, decision, control or management of the corporation or the members thereof, it shall be lawful for the corporation in a meeting, from time to time, to make such rules, in harmony with the purposes of the corporation, as may be deemed desirable for — (a) convening and adjourning the meetings of the corporation; (b) conducting its business; carrying into effect the trusts and powers vested in or conferred upon the (d) recording its proceedings; and (e) generally the carrying out the objects of the corporation, and to revoke, alter, add or to modify all or any of such rules and all rules in force shall be binding on the members of the corporation. Temporary provisions

(1) Until and except as such rules shall be so made and in force, and subject thereto — (a) the senior member of the corporation shall be the convener, with full powers as such; and for this purpose the members named therein shall rank in the order named in section 56; (b) in all cases of a difference of opinion, the decision of an absolute majority of the members for the time being of the corporation shall be deemed to be the decision or act of the corporation; and members may, in cases where personal attendance can be dispensed with, express their opinion in writing addressed to the convener, and the opinion so expressed may be recorded as the vote of the absentee member. (2) A decision or resolution of the Council shall, for the purposes of this Part, be deemed to be the decision or resolution of an absolute majority of the members of Council for the time being. Church property vested in corporation

(1) The lands and hereditaments mentioned or referred to in subsection (2) and all the estate and interest of all and every and any of the grantees named in the several deeds or entered as proprietors in the Register of Lands of the Islands mentioned in subsection (2), their heirs and assigns of and in the lands and hereditaments by such deeds or transfers or entered in such Register or any of them vested in or granted to such grantees or such proprietors or any of them, for any estate or interest, or mentioned so to be, and all other lands and hereditaments, if any, and all goods, chattels and personal property in the Islands which are now legally or equitably the property of the United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, the Jamaica Presbyterian Corporation or the Church or are held in trust for the purposes of the said bodies or are now held possessed, used, occupied or enjoyed on behalf of the Church or as Church property by the Church or by the officials, ministers or members of the Church, or any of them, or by any person or persons holding under such officials, ministers or members, or any of them, are hereby transferred to and vested in the corporation, their successors and assigns, subject to such rights, mortgages, charges, trusts or encumbrances and reservations, if any, affecting the same or any part thereof. (2) The following is the list of lands and hereditaments the subject of Block George Town Commercial 5B West Bay South 5B West Bay South5CGeorge Town CommercialOPY14BH150REM115B15E20D20EProspect22D23CProspect23C28D32B38D38E44B49C72C 72C 75A Little Cayman West 83A

The corporation has full power for the benefit and purposes of the Council or for any special purpose or purposes of or connected with them, or their work in the Islands any lands, hereditaments, goods, chattels and effects, real or personal property or any estate or interest therein to — (a) acquire by purchase, transfer, donation, exchange, devise, bequest, grant, gift, conveyance or otherwise; (b) receive money on loan and borrow or raise money in such manner as the corporation shall think fit and in particular by the issue of bonds, debentures or debenture stock (perpetual or otherwise) and to secure the repayment of any money borrowed, raised or owing by mortgage, charge or lien upon all or any of the property or assets of the corporation; draw, make, accept, indorse, discount, execute and issue promissory notes, bills of exchange, debentures, bonds and other negotiable or transferable instruments; and (d) do all other things as the Council may, from time to time, declare and publish in two issues of the Gazette or as may be deemed incidental or conducive to the attainment of the above objects or any of them. The objects specified in this Part and in each of the foregoing paragraphs shall be regarded as independent objects.

(1) 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). (2) The said purposes, powers and provisions are — (a) 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; (b) 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 (d) 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; (e) 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; (f) 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; (g) 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 (h) 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. Transfer of other Church property

In the case of any church or congregation in the Islands desiring to unite with the Church, to adopt their principles and practices and submit to the jurisdiction and rules of the Church, the corporation may accept the transfer of the property of such church, to be held subject to the trusts from time to time affecting the property vested in the corporation, and such transfer shall be made by the trustees of such property, under the resolution of such church or congregation directing such transfer, duly passed at a church meeting of such church or congregation by the like majorities and in like manner as would authorise a sale of the same lands, or otherwise duly passed in accordance with the rules or practices of such church or congregation. Power to appoint attorneys

It shall be lawful for the corporation, from time to time when and as it may be deemed necessary or advisable, by deed to appoint a person or persons as the attorney or attorneys of the corporation, or of the members thereof, either generally, for a limited period or on specified conditions and without limiting the generality of the foregoing to — (a) take possession or care of, or manage or collect the rents of any property real or personal for the time being vested, or claimed to be vested, in the (b) enforce or carry into effect the trusts or provisions affecting or rating to any such property real or personal; and carry out the directions of the members of the corporation or of the Council in respect of the same trust premises or any of them, and such appointments and powers of attorney may, from time to time at the corporation’s pleasure, be revoked and determined by deed.

The corporation may, from time to time, as may be deemed desirable, sell and dispose of, transfer, exchange, lease, rent out or convey any lands, hereditaments, buildings, goods, chattels or effects for the time being vested in the corporation — Provided that no land, hereditaments, buildings or real property shall be sold, disposed of, exchanged, conveyed, leased or rented for any term longer than from year to year without the expressed concurrence and approval of the Council.

All rents, issues and profits of the lands and hereditaments vested in or acquired by be paid to the Treasurer of the Council for the purposes of the Church in the Islands. Execution of deeds

No deed or transfer of land purporting to be executed by the corporation shall be of any force or validity unless it is sealed with the corporate seal thereof and countersigned by at least two of the members of the corporation, nor unless, in cases where the concurrence of the Council is required, the resolution of the Council, duly signed by the Chairperson and the Regional Deputy General Secretary thereof, evidencing such concurrence, is annexed to such deed or incorporation therein. Reference of questions and disputes to Council

In all cases of any question or dispute in reference to the trusts powers or provisions affecting any lands or hereditaments vested in or claimed to be vested in the corporation, or the exercise or enforcement thereof, or in reference to the doctrines or usages of the Church in relation to any such lands, or the occupancy, charge or superintendence thereof, or any trusts or provisions affecting the same, or in reference to the members of the corporation, or in reference to the right of any minister or person to occupy or of any board or committee to superintend, take or keep charge of any such lands or hereditaments, or any part thereof, or any buildings thereon, the same shall be referred to the Council, and its decision thereon shall be absolutely binding and conclusive as to such question or dispute. Evidence of acts

For the purposes of this Part, any resolution, decision or document purporting to be signed by the Chairperson and the Regional Deputy General Secretary of the Council and purporting to be proved by a Voluntary Declaration of such (as the case may be) shall be prima facie evidence of the official status of the parties signing the same, and also of the facts therein stated, in all Courts of and elsewhere in the Islands. 72A. Assets and income 72A. (1) The assets and income of the Church shall be applied exclusively for the furtherance of the purposes of the Church. (2) No portion of the assets and income of the Church shall be distributed as profit or dividend directly or indirectly to the controllers, shareholders, owners or members of the Church, unless such distribution is intended for the legitimate purpose of compensating a person for services to further the activities of the Church or paying for expenses incurred on behalf of the Church. PART 10 - Reservation of Rights Reservation of rights

Nothing in this Act shall affect or be deemed to affect the rights of His Majesty the King or of any bodies politic or corporate, or other person or persons, except such as are mentioned or referred to in this Act and except all persons claiming legally or beneficially from, through or under them, or any of them. Cabinet may amend by Order

The Cabinet may, by Order, amend this Act in relation to — (a) a change of the name of a Church; and (b) a change in the ownership of the real property listed under section 9, 21, 32, 37, 42, 47, 51 or 63 in respect of the relevant Church, that is incorporated under this Act. Publication in consolidated and revised form authorised by the Cabinet this 28th day of January, 2026. Kim Bulling Clerk of Cabinet Table of Legislation history: SL # Act/Law # Legislation Commencement Gazette 32/2025 Churches Incorporation (Amendment) Act, 2025 (Commencement) Order, 2025 26-Aug-2025 LG30/2025/s2 7/2025 Churches Incorporation (Amendment) Act, 2025 29-Aug-2025 LG28/2025/s1 56/2020 Citation of Acts of Parliament Act, 2020 3-Dec-2020 LG89/2020/s1 Churches Incorporation Law (2007 Revision) 9-Jul-2007 G14/2007/s5 33/2006 Churches Incorporation (Amendment) Law, 2006 27-Dec-2006 G26/2006/s4 Churches Incorporation Law (1998 Revision) 2-Feb-1998 G3/1998/s1 11/1995 Church of God on Hospital Road (Amendment) Law, 19-Dec-1995 GE20/1995/s3 16/1988 Church on Hospital Road (Incorporation) Law, 1988 13-Feb-1989 G4/1989/s5 14/1984 Church of God (Universal) (Incorporation) Law, 1980 (Commencement) Order, 1984 (sic) 14-May-1984 G10/1984/p1 8/1983 Church of God (Universal) (Incorporation) Law, 1983 14-May-1984 G11/1983/S8 29/1979 Anglican Church of the Cayman Islands Law, 1979 8-Oct-1979 G21/1979/S7 14/1979 Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Cayman Islands (Incorporation and Vesting) Law, 1979 7-May-1979 G10/1979/S18 20/1978 The New Apostolic Church of the Cayman Islands (Incorporation) Law, 1978 25-Sep-1978 G20/1978/S5 31/1977 United Church Incorporation Law, 1977 19-Dec-1977 G26/1977/S9 12/1974 Cayman Islands Mission of Seventh-Day Adventists (Incorporation) Law, 1974 8-Aug-1974 GN No. 159 of 14/1972 New Testament Church of God (Incorporation) Law, 29-Sep-1972 GN No. 183 of (Price: $8.80)