Irish Land Act, 1909

Part III.

Congested Districts.

Incorporation of the Congested Districts Board.

56 & 57 Vict. c. 35.

44.(1) From and after the appointed day the Congested Districts Board for Ireland shall be a body corporate, bearing the name of the “Congested Districts Board for Ireland,” with a capacity to acquire and hold land and to sue and be sued by its corporate name.

(2) The Board shall have an official seal, which shall be officially and judicially noticed, and such seal shall be authenticated by the signature of a permanent member of the Board or of the secretary.

(3) In the execution or performance of any power or duty conferred upon or transferred to the Board, by or in pursuance of any enactment, the Board shall adopt and use the style and seal of the Congested Districts Board for Ireland.

(4) The powers and duties of the trustees of the Congested Districts Board for Ireland under any enactment shall on the appointed day be transferred to the Board.

(5) Subsection (3) of section thirty-four of the Act of 1891 and subsections (2) and (3) of section two of the Congested Districts Board (Ireland) Act, 1893, shall cease to have effect as from the appointed day.