Horticultural Society of Trinidad and Tobago (Incorporation) Act, 1999 (Act No. 16 of 1999)

Legal Supplement Part A to the “Trinidad and Tobago Gazette’’, Vol. 38, No. 159, 10th September, 1999 Fourth Session Fifth Parliament Republic of Trinidad and Tobago REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Act No. 16 of 1999 [L.S.] AN ACT to provide for the incorporation of the Horticultural Society of Trinidad and Tobago and for matters incidental thereto. [Assented to 8th September, 1999] WHEREAS there has been established in Trinidad and Tobago, an Organisation known as the Horticultural Society of Trinidad and Tobago: Preamble And whereas it is expedient that the Horticultural Society of Trinidad and Tobago be incorporated for the purposes hereinafter set forth: ENACTED by the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago as follows:— 1. This Act may be cited as the Horticultural Society of Trinidad and Tobago (Incorporation) Act, 1999. 2. The Horticultural Society of Trinidad and Tobago (hereinafter called “the Society”) is hereby created a body corporate. 3. The aims and objects of the Society are to promote and encourage all aspects of horticulture and the environmental beauty of Trinidad and Tobago through— (a) the generation and dissemination of horticultural knowledge; (b) the development of understanding among individuals and organisations concerned with horticulture; (c) the organisation of exhibitions, lectures, seminars and field visits; (d) the promotion of activities kindred to the science of horticulture; and (e) co-operation with other societies having similar objectives. 4. The Society may— (a) acquire by purchase, transfer, donation, exchange, devise, bequest, grant, gift, conveyance or howsoever otherwise any real or personal property or any estate or interest therein; (b) accept surrenders or reconveyances and enter into contracts; (c) sell, exchange, demise, mortgage or otherwise dispose of and deal with all Enactment Short title Aims and objects Powers of the Society Incorporation 136 No. 16 Horticultural Society of Trinidad and Tobago 1999 (Incorporation) property which may for the time being be vested in it subject to any restraint, reservation or condition contained in the document under which it has acquired title. 5. All real or personal property of whatever nature now held by or vested in any person for the use and benefit of the Society is hereby transferred to and vested in the Society. 6. All documents requiring the seal of the Society shall be sealed with the common seal of the Society in the presence of the President and Secretary for the time being in office or in the event of incapacity in the presence of some other person or persons authorised for that purpose by the Society who shall both sign every document and such signing shall be prima facie evidence that the said seal was duly affixed and that the same is the lawful seal of the Society. 7. (1) The Society shall at all times have a fixed address in Trinidad and Tobago for the service of documents on the Society and that address and any change thereof shall be registered with the Registrar General within twenty-eight days of the date of incorporation or the change of address, as the case may be. (2) Every document to be served to the Society may be served by leaving the same at, or by sending the same by registered post to the registered address of the Society. (3) Failure to register the address and any change thereof is a summary offence and renders the Society liable to a fine of one hundred and twenty dollars and to a further fine of ten dollars for each day during which the offence continues after conviction thereof. Transfer and vesting of property Mode of execution of documents Service of documents No. 16 Horticultural Society of Trinidad and Tobago 1999 137 (Incorporation) 8. The Society may from to time make rules for the proper conduct of its proceedings and discharge of its duties, power and functions and such rules may be amended from time to time. 9. Nothing in this Act shall affect or be deemed to affect the rights of the State or of any bodies politic or corporate or of any persons, except such as are mentioned or referred to in the Act and those claiming by, through, from or under them. Passed in the Senate this 15th day of June, 1999. N. COX Clerk of the Senate Passed in the House of Representatives this 23rd day of July, 1999. J. SAMPSON-JACENT Clerk of the House Power to make rules Saving of State and other rights PRINTED BY THE GOVERNMENT PRINTER, PORT-OF-SPAIN REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO—1999 138 No. 16 Horticultural Society of Trinidad and Tobago 1999 (Incorporation)