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SCOUT ASSOCIATION                               [ CH.390 – 3








                                                          CHAPTER 390
                                                     SCOUT ASSOCIATION

                                        An Act to incorporate the Scout Association of The            29 of 1975
                                  Bahamas and for connected purposes.
                                                        [Commencement 19th November, 1975]

                                        1.  This Act may be cited as the Scout Association            Short title.
                                  of The Bahamas Act.

                                        2.  In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —  Interpretation.

                                        “Association”  means  the  Scout  Association  of  The
                                              Bahamas referred to in section 3(1).

                                        “Council” means the National Scout Council referred
                                              to in section 3(4).
                                        “Scout” means any cub scout, boy scout, sea scout,
                                              venture scout, rover scout, lone scout and rover
                                              sea scout recognised as such under the bylaws
                                              of  the  Association  and  also  all  persons
                                              recognised as officers under the bylaws of the
                                              Association.

                                        3.  (1) There  shall  continue  to  be  an  association  Incorporation.
                                  known  as The  Scout Association  of The  Bahamas  which
                                  shall  be  the  sole  national  Scout  Association  in  The
                                  Bahamas.
                                        (2)  The  Association  shall  consist  of  such  persons
                                  and groups of persons as were recognised in The Bahamas
                                  prior to the commencement of this Act as constituting The
                                  Scout Association of The Bahamas and of all persons and
                                  groups of persons who may hereafter join the Association.

                                        (3)  The Association shall be —
                                        (a)  a body corporate with perpetual succession and
                                              a seal; and
                                        (b)  under the name of The Scout Association of The
                                              Bahamas shall be capable of suing and of being
                                              sued in all courts of The Bahamas and capable
                                              also of doing and suffering all acts which a body
                                              corporate may lawfully do and suffer.
                                        (4)  The Association shall be governed by a Council
                                  which, save as provided in section 14, shall be constituted
                                  in accordance with bylaws made under this Act.


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