HOP YAT TONG CHURCH OF CHRIST HONG KONG INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1931

HOP YAT TONG CHURCH OF CHRIST HONG KONG INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1931

No. 17 of 1931, incorporated in No. 9 of 1899.

No. 18 of 1931, repealed by No. 7 of 1935.

No. 19 of 1931.

An Ordinance to provide for the incorporation of the Hop Yat Tong
Church of Christ in Hong Kong.

[17th July, 1931.]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Hop Yat Tong Church of Christ
Hong Kong Incorporation Ordinance, 1931.

2. The trustees for the time being of the Hop Yat Tong Church of Christ
Hong Kong shall be a corporation sole (hereinafter called the corporation)
and shall have the name of 'The Trustees of the Hop Yat Tong Church of
Christ Hong Kong' and in that name shall have perpetual succession and
shall and may sue and be sued in all courts in the Colony and shall and may
have and use a common seal.

3.(1) The corporation shall have 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
situated and also to invest moneys upon Mortgage of any lands, buildings,
messuages or tenements or upon the Mortgages, debentures, stocks, funds,
shares or securities of any Government, municipalitv, corporation, company
or person, and also to purchase, acquire and possess vessels and other
goods and chattels of what nature and kind soever.

(2) The corporation shall further have power by deed under its seal to
grant, sell, convey, assign, surrender, exchange, partition, yield up,
mortgage, demise, reassign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any lands,
buildings, messuages, tenements, mortgages, debentures, stocks, funds,
shares or securities, or





vessels or other goods and chattels, which are for the time being
vested in or belonging to the corporation, upon such terms as
to the corporation may seem fit.

4. The legal estate in any property whatsoever transferred
to the corporation in any manner whatsoever shall in the event
of the death of any of the trustees for the time being or in the
event of any irustee ceasing to hold office as such trustee pass.
to his successor in such office when appointed.

5.-(1) Whenever any persons are appointed to the office of
trustees of the Hop Yat Tong Church of Christ Hong Kong such
persons shall within three weeks after their appointment or within
such further time as may bc allowed by the Governor furnish to
the Governor satisfactory evidence of their 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.

6. All deeds and other instruments requiring the corporate
scal of the corporttion shall be sealed in the presence of tile
trustees and shall be signed by them.

7. All that piece or parcel of ground registered in the Land
Office as Section D of Inland Lot No. 590, together with all
rights, easements and appurtenances thereto belonging or
usually held, occupied or enjoyed therwith, are hereby trans-
ferred to and vested in the corporation for the unexpired
residues of the terms of years created by the Crown lease thereof,
subject to the payment of the rents and the performance and
observance of the covenwils and conditions therein contained
and subject to all mortgages and charges in respect thereof.

8. Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect or be deemed to
affect the rights (if His Majesty the King, His Heirs or Succes-
sors, 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 or under them.

As aniended by Law Rev. 1939, Supp. Sched.





No. 20 of 1931, incorporated in No. 3 of 1873.

No. 21 of 1931, repealed by No. 41 of 1932.

No. 22 of 1931, repealed by No. 37 of 1935.

No. 23 of 1931, repealed by No. 37 of 1932.

No. 24 of 1931, repealed by No. 36 of 1931.

No. 25 of 1931, incorporated in. No. 14 of 1901.

No. 26 of 1931, repealed by No. 21 of 1934.

No. 27 of 1931 incorporated No. 16 of 1011.

No. 28 of 1931, incorporated. in. No. 1 Of 1844.

No. 29 of 1931, incorporated in No. 8 of 1921.

No. 30 of 1931, incarporated in, No. 10 of 1886.

No. 31 of 1931, repealed by Law Revision
Ordinance, 1939, Supp. Sched.

No. 32 of 1931 incorporated in No. 3 of 1901.

No. 33 of 1931 repealed by No. 2 of 1933.
No. 34 of 1931, incorporated in No. 5 of 1896.

No. 35 of 1931, repealed by No. 8 of 1933.
[1.1.36.] [Originally No. 19 of 1931. Law Rev. Ord., 1939.] Short title. Incorporation. Powers of corporation. Property transferred to corporation to pass to successors. Trustees. Execution of documents. Vesting of properties. Saving of rights of the Crown and of certain other rights. [1.1.33.] [6.9.35.] [1.1.33.] [1.1.32.] [10.8.34.] [17.2.33.] [24.3.33.]

[1.1.36.] [Originally No. 19 of 1931. Law Rev. Ord., 1939.] Short title. Incorporation. Powers of corporation. Property transferred to corporation to pass to successors. Trustees. Execution of documents. Vesting of properties. Saving of rights of the Crown and of certain other rights. [1.1.33.] [6.9.35.] [1.1.33.] [1.1.32.] [10.8.34.] [17.2.33.] [24.3.33.]

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