Charities Act, 1961

Power of Board to give effectual receipt of payments for charitable purposes where no person available or competent to do so.

41.—Where—

(a) a person is liable to make any payment to or for any charitable purposes, and

(b) difficulty arises in making the payment by reason of the death, absence, incapacity or non-existence of a person competent to give an effectual discharge,

the Board may, if they think fit, accept the payment (to be applied by them according to the trusts affecting it) and the receipt of the Board shall be an effectual discharge to the person making the payment.