VICAR APOSTOLIC INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1885

VICAR APOSTOLIC INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1885

No. 4 of 1885.


An Ordinance for the incorporation of the vicar Apostolic
of the Roman Catholic Church in this Colony.

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the, Vicar Apostolic
Incorporation Ordinance,. 1885.

The Vicar Apostolic of the Roman Catholic Church in
this, Colony, or the Roman Catholic dignitary having the
supreine ecclesiastical jurisdiction in this Colony in the Roman
Catholic Church, shall be a body corporate, and shall have the
name of The Vicar Apostolic of the Roman Catholic Church
in Hongkong, and by that name shall have perpetual succes-
sion, and shall and may sue and be sued in all courts in

As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1923.


this Colony, and shall and may have and use a common seal,
and the said seal may break, chagne, alte, and make anew
as to the said corporation may seem fit, and the said corpora-
tion shall have full power to acquire, purchase, take, hold,
and enjoy, for the use of the Roman Catholic Church in this
Colonu, all lands, messuages, and tenements of what nature
or kind soever for a life or lives or for a term of years, and
also all manner of goods and chattels whatsoever; and the
said corporation is hereby further empowered by deed under its
seal, to mortgage, sell, or demise, grant, convey, or otjherwise
dispose of any lands, buildings, messuages, and tenements
vested in the said corporation, upon such terms as if may see
fit: Provided always that no lands, buildings, messuages or
tenements acquired with public money or granted by the
Government for any special purpose previous to the com-
mencement of this ORdinance shall be disposed of without the
consent of the Governor in Council.

[s. 3, rep. No. 62 of 1911.]

4. Nothing in this Ordinance shall afect or be deemed to
affect the rights of His Majesty the King.
[Originally No. 10 of 1885. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] Short title. Incorporation of Vicar Apostolic of Roman Catholic Church in the Colony. Saving of rights of the Crown.

[Originally No. 10 of 1885. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] Short title. Incorporation of Vicar Apostolic of Roman Catholic Church in the Colony. Saving of rights of the Crown.

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