VICAR APOSTOLIC INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1885

VICAR APOSTOLIC INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1885

No. 4 of 18M

AnOrdinance for the incorporation of the Vicar Apostolic of
the Roman Catholic Church in this Colony.

[15th May, 1883.]

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

2. The Vicar Apostolic of the Roman Catholic Church in
this Colony, or the Roman Catholic dignitary having the
supreme 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 Cat holic Church
in Hong Kong,' and bythat name shall have perpetual succes-
sion, and shall and may sue and be sued in all courts in this
Colony, and shall and may have and use a common seal, and
the said seal may break, change, alter, and make anew as to
the said corporation may seem fit, and the said corporation
shall have full power to acquire, purchase, take, hold, and
enjoy, for. the use of the Roman Catholic Church in this Colony,
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 otherwise dispose
of any lands, buildings, messuages, and tenements vested in
the said corporation, upon. such terms as it 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 commence-
ment 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 affect or be deemed to
affect the rights of His Majesty the King.
[Originally No. 10 of 1885.] Short title. Incorporation of Vicar Apostolic of Roman Catholic Church in the Colony. Saving of rights of the Crown.

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

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