DAUGHTERS OF CHARITY OF THE CANOSSIAN INSTITUTE INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1915

DAUGHTERS OF CHARITY OF THE CANOSSIAN INSTITUTE INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1915

No.. 19 of 1915~ repealed by No. 3 Of 1934.
No. 20 of 1915, incoiporated in NO. 7 Of 1889.
No. 21 of 1915, incorporated in No. 3 Of 1903.

No. 22 of 1915~ incorporated in No.' 25 of 1914.
No. 23 of 1915, incorporated in No. 2 of 1889.
No. 24 of 1915, incorp.olated in No. 1 Of 1844.

No. 25 of 1915, repealed by No. 5 Of 1924.

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 me
institution known as the. Italian Convent is carried on.

[29th October, 1915.]

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

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 (Hong Kong) 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,
reassign, transfer or otherwise deal with or dispose of any
lands, building's, messuages or tenements, mortgages, deben-
tures, 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 Shaukiwan and
Aberdeen in the Colony of Hong Kong 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 - and Lots Nos. 578 and 1370; and as
Kowloon Inland Lots Nos*. 168, 169 and 617; and as Sowkewan
Lot No. 166 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 scaled 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 authorized and such deeds
and instruments and all other documents, instruments and
writings requiring the signature of the corporation shall be
signed by such Mother Superioress or her attorney.


6.-(1) Whenever any 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 appointment.

(2) 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,
,repealed by No. 8 of 1933.

No. 28 of 1915, incorporaled. in No. 25 Of 1914.

No. 29 of 1915, incorporated in No. 3 of 189o,
repealed by No. 41 Of 1932.

As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1939, Supp. Sched.
[1.6.34.] [Originally No. 26 of 1915.] Law Rev. Ord., 1939.] Short title. Incorporation of the Mother Superioress in Hong Kong of the Society of the Daughters of Charity of the Canossian Institute. Powers of the corporation. Vesting of properties. Execution of documents. Appointment of Mother Superioress. Saving of rights of the Crown and of certain other rights.

[1.6.34.] [Originally No. 26 of 1915.] Law Rev. Ord., 1939.] Short title. Incorporation of the Mother Superioress in Hong Kong of the Society of the Daughters of Charity of the Canossian Institute. Powers of the corporation. Vesting of properties. Execution of documents. Appointment of Mother Superioress. Saving of rights of the Crown and of certain other rights.

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