MASONIC BENEVOLENCE FUND INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1893
Title
MASONIC BENEVOLENCE FUND INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1893
Description
No. 7 of 1893.
An ordinance for the incorporation of the trustees of the
hongkong and south china masonic benevlence fund.
[2nd August, 1893.]
1. this ordinance may be cited as the masonic benevolence
fund incorporation ordinance, 1893.
2. (1) the trustees of the hongkong and south china
masonic benevolence fund, who have been certified as such
on behalf of the corporation by a statutory declaration made
by the secretary and filed with the registrar of companies,
shall be a body corporate (hereinafter called the corporation)
and shall have the name of the hongkong and south
china masonic benevolence fund corporation, and by that
name shall have perpetual succession, and shall and may sue
and be sued in all courts, and shall and may have and use a
common seal.
(2) the said corporation shall have full power to acquire,
accept leases of, purchase, take, hold, and enjoy any lands,
buildings, messuages, or tenements of what nature or kind
soever, and wheresoever situate in this colony or elsewhere,
and also to invest moneys on deposit in any bank either
in this colony or elsewhere on such terms as may seem
expedient to it, or on mortgage of any lands, buildings,
messuages, or tenements in this colony or elsewhere,
As amended by law rev. ord., 1923
or on the mortgages or debentures of any corporation or
company carrying on business or constituted for any purpose
in this colony or elsewhere.
(3) the said corporation is hereby further empowered by
deed under its seal, to grant, sell, convey, assign, surrender
and yield up, mortgage, demise, re-assign, transfer, or
otherwise dispose of or deal with any lands, buildings,
messuages, tenements, mortgages, or debentures vested in
the said corporation, on such terms as to the said corpora-
tion may seem fit.
[s. 3, rep. No. 1 of 1912.]
4. all deeds and other instruments requiring execution by
the said corporation shall be sealed with its seal and signed
in manner provided by its by-laws.
5. (1) the said corporation may adopt the existing by-
laws of the hongkong and south china masonic benevolence
fund, so far as they are not inconsistent with this ordinance,
and may (notwithstanding that such existing by-laws provide
that alterations therein can be proposed only at the annual
meeting therein mentioned) alter the same, or may frame
other by-laws for its internal management and control.
(2) All such by-laws, when agreed upon by the said
corporation, shall be binding on every member thereof.
(3) a copy of the by-laws, and of any amendment thereof,
certified as correct by the secretary, shall be deposited and
filed with the registrar of companies.
6. nothing in this ordinance shall affect or be deemed to
affect the rights of his majesty.
7.(1) there shall be payable by the said corportation to
the registrar of companies a fee of three dollars on the
deposit and filing of each copy of the by-laws, and a further
fee of three dollars for the making and filing of every such
declaration as is mentioned in section 2.
(2) A fee pf fifty cents shall be payable for every search
of the file.
[Originally No. 11 of 1893 Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] Short title. Incorporation of trustees of Hongkong and South China Masonic Benevolence Fund. Execution of deeds, etc. Adoption and making of by-laws, etc. Saving of rights of the Crown, etc. Fees.
An ordinance for the incorporation of the trustees of the
hongkong and south china masonic benevlence fund.
[2nd August, 1893.]
1. this ordinance may be cited as the masonic benevolence
fund incorporation ordinance, 1893.
2. (1) the trustees of the hongkong and south china
masonic benevolence fund, who have been certified as such
on behalf of the corporation by a statutory declaration made
by the secretary and filed with the registrar of companies,
shall be a body corporate (hereinafter called the corporation)
and shall have the name of the hongkong and south
china masonic benevolence fund corporation, and by that
name shall have perpetual succession, and shall and may sue
and be sued in all courts, and shall and may have and use a
common seal.
(2) the said corporation shall have full power to acquire,
accept leases of, purchase, take, hold, and enjoy any lands,
buildings, messuages, or tenements of what nature or kind
soever, and wheresoever situate in this colony or elsewhere,
and also to invest moneys on deposit in any bank either
in this colony or elsewhere on such terms as may seem
expedient to it, or on mortgage of any lands, buildings,
messuages, or tenements in this colony or elsewhere,
As amended by law rev. ord., 1923
or on the mortgages or debentures of any corporation or
company carrying on business or constituted for any purpose
in this colony or elsewhere.
(3) the said corporation is hereby further empowered by
deed under its seal, to grant, sell, convey, assign, surrender
and yield up, mortgage, demise, re-assign, transfer, or
otherwise dispose of or deal with any lands, buildings,
messuages, tenements, mortgages, or debentures vested in
the said corporation, on such terms as to the said corpora-
tion may seem fit.
[s. 3, rep. No. 1 of 1912.]
4. all deeds and other instruments requiring execution by
the said corporation shall be sealed with its seal and signed
in manner provided by its by-laws.
5. (1) the said corporation may adopt the existing by-
laws of the hongkong and south china masonic benevolence
fund, so far as they are not inconsistent with this ordinance,
and may (notwithstanding that such existing by-laws provide
that alterations therein can be proposed only at the annual
meeting therein mentioned) alter the same, or may frame
other by-laws for its internal management and control.
(2) All such by-laws, when agreed upon by the said
corporation, shall be binding on every member thereof.
(3) a copy of the by-laws, and of any amendment thereof,
certified as correct by the secretary, shall be deposited and
filed with the registrar of companies.
6. nothing in this ordinance shall affect or be deemed to
affect the rights of his majesty.
7.(1) there shall be payable by the said corportation to
the registrar of companies a fee of three dollars on the
deposit and filing of each copy of the by-laws, and a further
fee of three dollars for the making and filing of every such
declaration as is mentioned in section 2.
(2) A fee pf fifty cents shall be payable for every search
of the file.
[Originally No. 11 of 1893 Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] Short title. Incorporation of trustees of Hongkong and South China Masonic Benevolence Fund. Execution of deeds, etc. Adoption and making of by-laws, etc. Saving of rights of the Crown, etc. Fees.
Abstract
[Originally No. 11 of 1893 Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] Short title. Incorporation of trustees of Hongkong and South China Masonic Benevolence Fund. Execution of deeds, etc. Adoption and making of by-laws, etc. Saving of rights of the Crown, etc. Fees.
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/1154
Edition
1923
Volume
v2
Subsequent Cap No.
1034
Cap / Ordinance No.
No. 7 of 1893
Number of Pages
2
Files
Collection
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online
Citation
“MASONIC BENEVOLENCE FUND INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1893,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed April 24, 2025, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/1154.
