All persons who are or may hereafter become members of the religious body or denomination of Spiritualists from henceforth shall be a body corporate by the name of the Spiritualist Church of New Zealand, and shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, and under that name may sue and be sued, prosecute, defend, and take all other proceedings in all Courts, civil and criminal, within the said Dominion; and it shall be lawful for the said body corporate to make bylaws and such alterations in the constitution of the said body corporate as may be found from time to time necessary; and it shall be further lawful for the said body corporate to take, purchase, receive, hold, and enjoy real and personal property of any description whatever, and also to sell, grant, convey, demise, or otherwise dispose of, either absolutely or by way of mortgage, any of the property, real or personal, belonging to the said body corporate, and generally to exercise, subject to the provisions of this Act, all powers incident to a body corporate; and the Executive Committee for the time being of the said Church or association shall have the custody and use of the common seal of the said body corporate; and a majority of members of such committee present at any meeting shall have power to use or direct the use of such seal for all purposes for which the use of such seal is required.