DAUGHTERS OF CHARITY OF THE CANOSSIAN INSTITUTE INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1915

DAUGHTERS OF CHARITY OF THE CANOSSIAN INSTITUTE INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1915

No. 26 of 1915.

An Ordinance to provide for the incorporation of the
Mother Superioress in this Colony of the Society of the
Daughters of Charity of the Canossian Institute by
which the institution known as the Italian Convent is
carried on.
[29th October, 1915.]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Daughters of
Charity of the Canossian Institute Incorporation Ordinance,
1915.

This part may be filled up later if necessary.





2. The Mother Superioress in this Colony of the Society
of the Daughters of Charity of the Canossian Institute shall
be a body corporate (hereinafter called the corporation)
and shall have the name of The Mother Superioress of the
Daughters of Charity of the Canossian Institute (Hongkong)
and by that name shall and may sue and be sued in all
courts in this Colony and shall and may have and use a
common seal.
3. The corporation shall have full power-
(a) subject to the licence of the Governor having been
previously obtained in each case 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 ;
(b) to purchase and acquire all manner of goods and
chattels whatsoever;
(c) to invest moneys on mortgage of any lands, buildings,
messuages, or tenements in this Colony or in or upon such
other securities or investments as it may think expedient;

(d) by deed under its seal or otherwise to grant, sell,
convey, assign, surrender and yield up, mortgage, demise,
re-assign, transfer or otherwise deal with or dispose of
any lands, buildings, messuages, or tenements, mortgages,
debentures, securities, shares, goods and chattels for the time
being vested in it on such terms as may seem expedient to it.

4. The pieces or parcels of ground registered in the
Land Office and in the dependency of Kowloon and
at Sowkewan and Aberdeen in the Colony of Hongkong
as the Remaining Portion of Sub-section 3 (or remaining
portion) of Section A of Inland Lot No. 58; the Remaining
Portion of Section B of Inland Lot No. 58; the Remaining
Portion of Sub-section 1 of Section A of Inland Lot No. 148;
the Remaining Portion of Inland Lot No. 148; Inland Lots
Nos. 578 and 1370; and as Kowloon Inland Lots Nos. 168,
169 and 617; and as Sowkewan Lot No. 106 and as Aberdeen
Inland Lot No. 77 together with all rights, easements, and
appurtenances (including all reclamation rights if any)
belonging or appertaining thereto or therewith usually held,
occupied, and enjoyed and together with any encroachments
or rights respecting encroachments in respect thereof are
hereby transferred to and vested in the corporation subject





to the payment of the rents and the performance of the
covenants and conditions reserved by and contained in the
Crown leases and extension of Crown leases thereof or in
any licences relating thereto.

5. All deeds and other instruments requiring the seal of
the corporation shall be sealed in the presence of the person
who is for the time being Mother Superioress in this Colony
of the said Society or of her attorney duly authorised and
such deeds and instruments and all other documents, instru-
ments, and writings requiring the signature of the corporation
shall be signed by such Mother Superioress or her attorney.

6.-(1) Sister Teresa Martinoia, the present Mother
Superloress in this Colony of the said Society, having
furnished to the Governor satisfactory evidence of her
appointment to that office, shall for the purposes of this
Ordinance be deemed to be the Mother Superioress in this
Colony of the said Society until the appointment in her
stead, of some other person as such Mother Superioress.

(2) When any other person is appointed to the office of
Mother Superioress in this Colony of the said Society, such
person shall within three weeks after her appointment or
within such further time as may be allowed by the Governor
furnish to the Governor satisfactory evidence of her appoint-
ment.

(3) A notification in the Gazette under the hand of the
Colonial Secretary that such evidence has been furnished to
the Governor by such person shall be conclusive evidence of
such appointment.

7. Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect or be deemed to
affect the rights of His Majesty the King His Heirs and
Successors or the rights of any body politic or corporate or
of any other person except such as are mentioned in this
Ordinance and those claiming by, from and under them.

No. 27 of 1915, incorporated in No. 27 of 1912.

No. 28 of 1915, incorporated in No. 25 of 1914.

No. 29 of 1915, incorporated in No. 3 of 1890.
[Originally No. 26 of 1915.] Short title. Incorporation of the Mother Superioress in Hongkong of the Society of he Daughters of Charity of the Canossian Institute. Powers of the corporation. Vesting of properties. Execution of documents. Appointment of Mother Superior. Saving of rights of the Crowns and of certain other rights.

[Originally No. 26 of 1915.] Short title. Incorporation of the Mother Superioress in Hongkong of the Society of he Daughters of Charity of the Canossian Institute. Powers of the corporation. Vesting of properties. Execution of documents. Appointment of Mother Superior. Saving of rights of the Crowns and of certain other rights.

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