LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1891

LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1891

No.6 of 1891.

AnOrdinance for the incorporation of the Senior Missionary
in this Colony of the London Missionary Society.

[31st October, 1891.]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the London Missionary
Society Incorporation Ordinance, 1891.

.2. The holder of the appointment of Senior Missionary in
Hong Kong.of the London Missionary Society, having pl~ced
in the hands of the Governor satisfactory proof of his appoint-
ment, shall be a body corporate (hereinafter called the said
corporation), and shall. have the name of ' The Senior
Missionary in Hong Kong of the London Missionary Society ',
,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, and the said seal may break,
change, alter, and make anew as to the said corporation may
seem fit; and the said corpo~ation 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 upon the mortgages
or debentures, stocks, funds, shares, or securities of any cor-
poration 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 un.der 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, stocks, and
securi ' ties, goods and chattels, vested in the said corporationy
on such terms as to the said corporation may seem fit: Provided
that due notice of. appointment as such Senior Missionary in
Hong Kong, and of the proof thereof having been placed in the
hands of the Governor, shall be,given in the Gazette.

[S. 3, rep. No. 1 of 1912.]

See No. 57 of 1911 [Union Church Incorporation], s. 18.

4. All deeds, documents, and other instruments requiring
the seal of the said corporation shall be seialed. with the seal of
the said corporation in the presence of the said Senior Missionary
or his attorney duly authorized, and shall also; be sigiled by
him or his attorney, and such signing shall be and be taken
as sufficient evidence of the due scaling qf such deeds, documents.,
and other instruments.

5. Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect or be deeffied to
affect the righis of His Majesty.

[Originally No. 19 of 1891.] Short title. Incorporation of the Senior Missionary in the Colony of the London Missionary Society. Use of seal. Saving of rights of the Crown.

[Originally No. 19 of 1891.] Short title. Incorporation of the Senior Missionary in the Colony of the London Missionary Society. Use of seal. Saving of rights of the Crown.

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