Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1993 (Act No. 169 of 1993)5. Substitution for Association of Council |
| (1) | At the commencement of this Act— |
| (a) | all the rights and liabilities of the Association shall pass to the Council; |
| (b) | the name of the Association shall in every document, including a document in connection with a legal proceeding, be deemed to have been replaced by the name of the Council; |
| (c) | agents, representatives and other persons in the employ of the Association shall become agents, representatives and persons in the employ of the Council, as the case may be, on and subject to the same terms and conditions as those which applied between them and the Association at the said commencement; |
| (d) | the Registrar of Companies shall deregister the Association in terms of the Companies Act, 1973 (Act No. 61 of 1973). |
| (2) | Any reference in any will or deed of donation to the Association or the SPCA or a society for the prevention of cruelty to animals or any abbreviation or translation thereof which cannot be construed as a reference to a particular society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, shall be deemed to be a reference to the Council. |
| (3) | If the Association was the owner of any immovable property which passed to the Council in terms of this section, the Registrar of Deeds concerned shall at the request of the board make an appropriate endorsement in his registers and on the title deeds in question. |
| (4) | No transfer duty, stamp duty or other tax or fees of office shall be payable by the Council in order to give effect to the provisions of this section. |