PART IPOWERS OF MINISTRY OF FINANCE AS CHARITY AUTHORITY
General powers of Ministry
7Receipts given by Ministry.
(1)
Where—
(a)
a person is liable to pay any sum to or for any charitable purpose; and
(b)
by reason of the death, absence or incapacity of a trustee or other person capable of giving a valid discharge, or of there being no such person, difficulty arises in paying the sum;
the Ministry may, if it thinks fit, accept the sum which shall be applied by the Ministry in accordance with the trusts affecting the sum.
(2)
A receipt given by the Ministry in respect of any sum accepted by it under subsection (1) shall be a full discharge to the person who paid the sum to the Ministry.