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It shall be lawful for all bodies politic or corporate, ecclesiastical or civil, and all . . . F1 trustees for charitable or other public purposes, and for all [F2tenants for life and tenants in tail, and for the . . . F3, guardians, trustees, . . . F4, curators, or] attornies of such of the owners or proprietors of or persons interested in any such lands, buildings, or other hereditaments so surveyed and marked out as shall be [F5 . . . F1, infants, . . . F6, or]persons beyond the seas, or otherwise incapable of acting for themselves, to contract and agree with such principal officers, either for the absolute sale of such lands, buildings, or other hereditaments, or for the grant of any lease, either for any term of years certain therein, or for such period as the exigence of the public service shall require, and to convey, . . . F3, demise, and grant the same to such principal officers, in trust for Her Majesty accordingly; and all such contracts, sales, conveyances, . . . F3, leases, and agreements shall be valid and effectual in law to all intents and purposes whatsoever.
Textual Amendments
F1Words repealed (E.W.)(S.) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 (c. 52), s. 5(1), Sch. Pt. III and (N.I.) by Statute Law Revision (Northern Ireland) Act 1976 (c. 12), Sch. Pt. X
F2Words repealed (E.W.)(S.) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 (c. 52), s. 5(1), Sch. Pt. III
F3Word repealed (E.W.)(S.) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 (c. 52), s. 5(1), Sch. Pt. III and (N.I.) by Statute Law Revision (Northern Ireland) Act 1976 (c. 12), Sch. Pt. X
F4Word repealed (E.W.)(S.) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 (c. 52), s. 5(1), Sch. Pt. III and by S.I. 1986/595 (N.I. 4), art. 138, Sch. 7
F5Words repealed (E.W.)(S.) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 (c. 52), s. 5(1), Sch. Pt. III and (S.) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973 (c. 39), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IX
F6Words repealed (E.W.)(S.) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 (c. 52), s. 5(1), Sch. Pt. III and by S.I. 1986/595 (N.I. 4), art. 138, Sch. 7
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 18 amended as to lunatics and idiots (N.I.) by Mental Treatment Act (Northern Ireland) 1932 (c. 15), s. 7(2) and Mental Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1948 (c. 17), s. 73(1)
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