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PATRIOTIC FUND REORGANISATION ACT 1903

PATRIOTIC FUND REORGANISATION ACT 1903 - LONG TITLE

An Act to reorganise the Administration of the Patriotic Fund.
[11th August 1903]
Incorporation of Royal Patriotic Fund.

PATRIOTIC FUND REORGANISATION ACT 1903 - SECT 1

1.(1) There shall be established a Royal Patriotic Fund Corporation,
which shall be a body corporate by that name, with perpetual
succession and a common seal....

(2) The constitution, rights, powers and duties of the Corporation
shall be determined in accordance with the First Schedule to this
Act.

PATRIOTIC FUND REORGANISATION ACT 1903 - SECT 2
Objects of Corporation.

2. The property of the Corporation shall, subject to any special
trust relating to any part thereof, be administered by the
Corporation for the benefit of the widows, children and dependants
of officers and men of the naval and military forces of the Crown.

PATRIOTIC FUND REORGANISATION ACT 1903 - SECT 3
Transfer of administration of Patriotic Fund to Corporation.

3.(1) The Patriotic Fund Commission is hereby dissolved, and the
property, rights, duties and liabilities thereof, and all property
held in trust therefor, are hereby transferred to and vested in the
Royal Patriotic Fund Corporation.

Subs.(2) Local and Personal

(3) References in any deed, will or other instrument to the
Patriotic Fund Commission shall, unless a contrary intention appears,
be construed as references to the Royal Patriotic Fund Corporation.

S.4 rep. by SLR 1927

PATRIOTIC FUND REORGANISATION ACT 1903 - SECT 5
Short title.

5.(1) This Act may be cited as the Patriotic Fund Reorganisation
Act, 1903.

Subs.(2) rep. by SLR 1927

Constitution of Corporation.

1. The Corporation shall consist of the following persons, namely:

(a)Twelve members nominated by His Majesty by warrant under the sign
manual, who shall be appointed for a term of three years, but
shall be eligible for re-appointment, and who are referred to as
"appointed members."

(b)The lord lieutenants of counties.

(c)....

(d).... [the chairman of every district council in Northern Ireland
established under the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972].

(e)....

(f)Any number of persons not exceeding seven whom the council of
the Corporation may think fit to co-opt as members, each of whom
shall have been nominated as the representative of a charitable fund
founded for the like purposes as the Corporation.

[(g)Two members appointed on the recommendation of the Minister of
Pensions by His Majesty by warrant under the sign manual.]2. ....
the appointed members shall be selected as follows; namely, six
members shall be appointed by His Majesty by warrant under the sign
manual, and the remaining six members shall be co-opted by the
general council, and the members so appointed or co-opted shall hold
office for a term of three years, but shall be eligible for
re-appointment or co-optation by His Majesty or by the council.

Where any vacancy occurs by death, resignation, effluxion of time or
otherwise in the office of any member so appointed or co-opted, the
vacancy shall be filled by appointment by His Majesty or by
co-optation, as the case may be. Any member so appointed or
co-opted shall hold office for three years, and shall be eligible
for re-appointment or co-option.3. The powers and duties of the
Corporation shall be exercised and performed by the general council
of the Corporation, consisting of the whole of the members, and by
an executive committee appointed from among the members.4. The
general council shall meet once at least in every year, and shall
also meet when required to meet by a requisition in writing signed
by not less than ten members of the Corporation, and seven members
shall constitute a quorum of the general council.5.(a) One of the
members of the Corporation appointed by the Crown shall be nominated
by the Crown as president of the council.

(b) The chairman of the executive committee shall be elected by the
committee and shall be the vice-president of the council.6. The
executive committee shall consist of not less than twelve nor more
than [twenty-two] members of the Corporation, of whom three shall
constitute a quorum. Four members in the first instance, and
thereafter one member of the committee, shall be appointed by the
Treasury, [four by the Secretary of State for Defence], and the
remaining members shall be appointed by the general council.7. The
business and affairs of the Corporation shall be conducted by the
executive committee under the control of the general council, who
may make general rules for, or give special directions to, the
committee, but subject to any such rules or directions the committee
shall regulate their own procedure. General rules made by the
council may provide for the formation of local committees for
purposes connected with the fund (the members of which need not be
members of the Corporation), and may regulate the functions of those
committees, and may provide for other matters incidental to the due
conduct of the business of the Corporation.8. The Paymaster-General
shall be the treasurer of the Corporation, and he shall keep such
accounts on behalf of the Corporation as the Treasury may from time
to time direct.9. All securities belonging to the Corporation shall
be deposited in the Bank of England for the credit and at the
disposal of the Corporation, and all interest and dividends accruing
on such securities shall from time to time be received by the Bank
of England, and shall be carried by them to the cash account of
the Paymaster-General in their books.10. On the sale at any time
under the authority of the Corporation of any annuities, stocks,
funds or securities standing to their account in the books of the
Bank of England, and of any securities belonging to the Corporation
deposited with the Bank of England, the proceeds of the sales shall
be received by the Bank, and shall be carried by them to the cash
account of the Paymaster-General in their books.11. The accounts of
the receipts and expenditure of the Corporation shall be audited in
such manner and by such persons as the Treasury may from time to
time direct.12. The corporation may employ a secretary, clerks and
servants at salaries, and the said salaries and all other proper
expenses of the Corporation shall be paid out of the funds at the
disposal of the Corporation.13. The general council may establish a
scheme of pensions for persons in the permanent employment of the
Corporation, and for that purpose may create a superannuation fund,
one half of which shall be furnished by contributions from the
beneficiaries, and the other half of which shall be furnished from
the funds at the disposal of the Corporation.14. The Corporation may
from time to time solicit and receive contributions from the public
and donations of property for the purposes of the Corporation, and
may also receive any such sums as may be granted by Parliament.15.
The Corporation shall in each year make a report of their
proceedings to His Majesty.

Second Schedule rep. by SLR 1927