ST. JOSEPH'S COLLEGE INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1921

ST. JOSEPH'S COLLEGE INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1921

No. 27 of 1921.

An Ordinance for the incorporation of the. Christian Brothers
School known in French as 'L'Institut des Freres des
Ecoles Chretiennes' and known in Hong Kong as St.
Joseph's College.
[4th November, 1921.]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the St. Joseph's College
Incorporation Ordinance, 1921.

2. The Director in Hong Kong of St. Joseph's College and
his successors for the time being in the office of the Director in
Hong Kong of St. Joseph's College shall be a body corporate
(hereinafter called the corporation), and shall have the. name
of' ' The Director in Hong Kong of St. Joseph's, College
and by that name shall and may sue and be sued in all courts
in the Colony, and shall and may have and use a common seal
and the said seal may from time to time break, change, alter
and make anew as the said corporation may see fit.

3. The corporation shall have full power---

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 immovable propetty situate
in the Colony;

(b) to sell, assign, surrender, yield up, transfer, mortgage,
charge, demise, reassign or otherwise dispose of and deal with
any immovable property vested in the corporation upon such
terms as to the corporation may seem fit ;

(c) to invest moneys on mortgage 'of any immovable prop-
erty in the Colony or in or upon such other securities as to the
corporation may seem fit.

4. The pieces or parcels of ground respectively registered
in the Land Office at Victoria in this Colony as Inland Lots
Nos. iSo6 and 1642, Rural Building Lot NO. 30, Sub-section
1 of Section A of Kowloon Inland Lot No. 576 and the
Remaining Portion of Section A of Kowloon Inland Lot






No * 576, together with all rights, privileges and appurtenances
respectively belonging or appertaining thereto or therewith
usually held, occupied and enjoyed, 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. respective Crown leases
thereof.

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 the Director in Hong Kong of St. Joseph's
College or of his attorney duly authorized, and such deeds and
instruments and all other documents, instrument,,,, and writings
requiring the signature of the corporation shall be signed by
such Director in Hong Kong or his attorney.

6. No assignment by way of. sale of the sald pieces or
parcels of ground respectively registered in the Land Office at
Victoria aforesaid as Inland Lots Nos. 15o6 and 1642, Rural
Building Lot NO. 30, Sub-section 1 of Section A of Kowloon
Inland Lot No. 576 and the Remaining Portion of Section A
of Kowloon Inland Lot No. 576, or any other lands, buildings,
messuages or tenements situate in this Colony which may at
any time hereafter be vested in the corporation, shall be valid
without the authority of the Superieur General of the Society of
Christian Brothers known in French as ' L'Institut des Freres
des Ecoles Chretiennes ', such authority to be signified in
writing signed by the said Superieur General.

7.-(1) Whenever any person is appointed to the office of
Director in Hong Kong of St. Joseph's College such person
shall within three weeks after his appointment or within such
further time as may be allowed by the Governor furnish to the
Governor satisfactory evidence of his appointment.

(2) A notification in the Gazette tinder 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.

As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1039, Supp. Sched.

8. Nothing in this Ordinarice 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, through or under them.

[Originally No. 27 of 1921. Law Rev. Ord., 1939.] Short title. Incorporation. Powers of the corporation. Vesting of properties. Execution of documents. Consent to sales of lands. Appointment of Director.* [Originally No. 32 of 1921. Law Rev. Ord., 1939.]* Short title.

[Originally No. 27 of 1921. Law Rev. Ord., 1939.] Short title. Incorporation. Powers of the corporation. Vesting of properties. Execution of documents. Consent to sales of lands. Appointment of Director.* [Originally No. 32 of 1921. Law Rev. Ord., 1939.]* Short title.

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