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TRADE UNION ACT 1871 - SECT 8

Property of the trade unions vested in trustees.

8. All real and personal estate whatsoever belonging to any trade union
registered under this Act shall be vested in the trustees for the time being
of the trade union appointed as provided by this Act, for the use and benefit
of such trade union and the members thereof, and the real or personal estate
of any branch of a trade union shall be vested in the trustees of such branch,
[or of the trustees of the trade union, if the rules of the trade union so
provide] and be under the control of such trustees, their respective executors
or administrators, according to their respective claims and interests, and
upon the death or removal of any such trustees the same shall vest in the
succeeding trustees for the same estate and interest as the former trustees
had therein, and subject to the same trusts, without any conveyance or
assignment whatsoever, save and except in the case of stocks and securities in
the public funds of Great Britain and Ireland, which shall be transferred into
the names of such new trustees; and in all actions, or suits, or indictments,
or summary proceedings before any court of summary jurisdiction, touching or
concerning any such property, the same shall be stated to be the property of
the person or persons for the time being holding the said office of trustee,
in their proper names, as trustees of such trade union, without any further
description.

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