DOMINICAN MISSIONS INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1886

DOMINICAN MISSIONS INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1886

No. 9 of 1886.

An Ordinance for the incorporation of the Procutatoy in this
Colony for the Dominican Missions in the Far East.

[7th May, 1886.]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Dominican Missions
Incorporation Ordinance, 1886.

2. The Procurator in this Colony for the Dominican Missions (also
known in this Colony as the Spanish Missions in China and Tonkin) having
placed in the hands of the Governor satisfactory proof of his appointment
shall be a body corporate (hereinafter called the corporation) and shall have
the name of' The Procurator in Hong Kong for the Dominican Missions in
the Far East,' and by that name shall have perpetual





succession, 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 scat may break, change, alter, and make anew
as to the said corporation may seem fit ; and the said corp6ration
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, and also to invest moneys on mortgage of any
lands, buildings, messuages, or tenements in this Colony or
on the mortgages or debentures, stock, funds, shares, or securities
of any corporation or company carrying on business or having
an office in this Colony, and also to purchase and acquire all
manner of goods and chattels whatsoever; and 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
any lands, buildings, messuages, and tenements, mortgages,
debentures, stock, funds, and securities, goods and chattels, that
may be vested in the said corporation, upon such terms as to
the said corporation may seem fit: Provided that due notice
of appointmenCas Procurator in this Colony, and of the proof
thereof having been placed in the hands of the Governor, shall
be given in the Gazette.

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

4. All deeds and other instruments requiring the seal of the
said corporation shall be sealed in the presence of the said
Procurator or his attorney duly authorized, and shall also be
signed by him.

5. Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect or be deemed to
affect the rights of His Majesty the King.
[Originally No. 14 of 1886.] Short title. Incorporation of Procurator in the Colony for Dominican Missions in the Far East. Use of seal of corporation. Saving of rights of the Crown.

[Originally No. 14 of 1886.] Short title. Incorporation of Procurator in the Colony for Dominican Missions in the Far East. Use of seal of corporation. Saving of rights of the Crown.

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