VESTING OF ADMIRALTY ESTATES ORDINANCE
Title
VESTING OF ADMIRALTY ESTATES ORDINANCE
Description
Vesting of Admiralty Estates.
No. 3 of 1863.
An Ordinance for Vesting all Estates and Property occupied
by or for the Naval Service of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland in this Colony in the Lord High
Admiral, or the Commissioners for executing the Office of
Lord High Admiral, of the said United Kingdom for the
time being.
(26th May, 1863.1
~III;ILIJAS divers rnessuages, lands, tenements; and hereditaments
have been at various times purchased for tine use of the Naval
Service of the United Iiingdoixi of Great Britain and Ireland, and con-
veyed to several different persons in trust for Her Majesty and Her
ORDINANCE --Nio: 3, or 1863.
Vesting of Admiralty Estates.
Loyal Predecessors and Her and their Heirs and Successors, and the
same have been placed under the charge of tile Commissioners for ex.e-
cutin~ the office of Lord High Admiral of the said United Kin(rdom for
the time being, and it is expedient that the same and all other mes-
suajes, lands, tenements, and hereditaments that may be hereafter pur-
chased, or in any manner used and occupied by or for the said service,
should be vested in the Lord High Admiral of the said United Kin-y-
0 or the Commissioners for eiecutim, the offl.c.- of Lord Hi;(rh Ad-
miral aforesaid for the time bainb: Be it enacted and ordained by His
Excellency the Acting Governor of Hongkonng, with the advice of the
Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. From and after the passing of this Ordinance all messua,es,
lands, tenements, and hereditaments, erections, buildin cs, and property
whatever which have been conveyed to or are vested in any person or
persons, or are held or in ally manner occupied by or in the name of
any person or persons in trust for Her Majesty or Her Royal Predeces-
sors and Her or their Heirs or Successors for the use of the Naval Ser-
vice of the said United Kingdom, or of any of the departments of or
belonging to the said Naval Service within this Colony by whatever
mode of conveyance or by whatever title or for whatever estate or in-
terest therein, the same shall have been conveyed or be . vested, held or
occupied, together with the rights, members, easements, and ftppurte-
nances to the same respectively belonging, shall be rend become and re-
main and continue vested, in the Lord High Admiral of tile said United
Kingdom, or the Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High
Admiral aforesaid for the time being, according to the respective nature
and quality of the said messuages, lands, tenements, and hereditaments,
and the several estates and interests of and in the same .respectively in
trust for Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors for the public service.
2. From and after the purchase and conveyance grant or demise
thereof all other messuctaes, lands, tenements, and hereditaments which
shall at any time or times hereafter be purchased, taken, held, or oc-
cupied by the Lord High Admiral or the Commissioners for executing
the office of Lord High Admiral aforesaid for the time being, or by any
person or persons by his or their order for the Naval Service of the said
United Kingdom, or of any of the departments of or belonging to the
sai&Naval Service anal all erections and buildin(ys which shall then or
Lands now
held in any
manner for
the use of the
Naval Service
in Hongkong
to vest in
Lord High
Admiral or
the Com-
missioners to
execute his
office.
Lands here-
after to be so
acquired in
Hongkong
to vest in the
Lord High
Admiral or
the Com-
missioners.
to execute
his office.:
'To be so held
in perpeeus,l
.succession.
What sutrl-
~cient title of
~'ommis-
aiciners in con.
ORDINANCE No. 3 PF 183.
Vesting of admiralty Estates.
may be thereafter erected or built thereon, with the rights, members,
easements, and appurtenances to the same respectively belonging, shaft
in like manner be and become and remain and continue vested in the.
Lord High Admiral of the said United Kingdom, or the Commissioners
for executing the office of Lord High Admiral aforesaid for the time
being and his or their successors in the said office according to the re-
spective nature and quality of the said yessuages, lands, tenements, and
hereditaments, and the several estates and interests of and in the same
respectively in trust as aforesaid.
3. Upon the death, resignation, or removal of the present Com-
missioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the said
United Kingdom or of any of them, or of any future such Commissioners,
or of any Lord High Admiral of the said United kingdom, all .such
messuages, lands, tenements, and hereditaments respectively shall be-
come vested in and be held by the succeeding Commissioners for exe-
cuting the office of Lord High Admiral aforesaid, or the Lord High Ad-
miral aforesaid, as the case may be, and so in perpetual succession, ac-
cording to the respective nature and quality of the said messuages, lands,
tenements, and hereditaments, and the several estates and interests of
and in the same respectively in trust as aforesaid.
4. In all deeds, conveyances, leases, contracts, and other instru-
ments touching any estate, property, matter, or thing relating to the
Naval Service of the said United Kingdom or to any department under
the control of the Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High
Admiral aforesaid, or whereto they or any of theta shall be parties, it
shall be sufficient to describe theta generally by the style and title of
''.L he Commissioners for ezecutin;; the office of Lord High Admiral of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,' without expressing
their names, anal all such deeds, conveyances, leases, contracts, and
other
instruments, wherein the said Commissioners shall be so described, and
the execution or signature thereof, by any two of them, shall be as valid
i i d effectual to all intents and purposes as if they or any of them. had
n
teen expressly named therein and had executed or signed the same.
Power of 5. It shall and may be lawful for the Commissioners for executing
g1VC11 t0 ~.~Onl
the office of Lord High Admiral aforesaid for the tune being or any two
inisa°ner'. or snore of them, o: the Lord High Admiral aforesaid, to sell,
exchan;e~
or in any manner dispose of, or let, or demise stay of,the messzxages,
ORDINANCE No. 3 or 1863.
Vesting of AdndraltJ Estates.
lands, tenements, and hereditaments respectively which shall be vested
in them under or by virtue of this Ordinance with their respective
appurtenances either by public auction or private contract, and in due
form of law to convey, surrender, assign, or make over or to grant or
demise the same respectively, as the case may require, to a.ny person or
persons who shall be willing to purchase or take the same respectively,
and also to do any other act, matter, or thing in relation to any such
messuages, lands, tenements, and hereditaments which they or lie shall
deem beneficial for the public service in relation thereto or for the
better
management thereof which might be done by any person or persons
having a like interest in any such messuages, lands, tenements, or here-
10
6. It shall be lawful for the said Commissioners for executing the
office of Lord High Admiral aforesaid for the time beinb, or the Lord
High Admiral aforesaid for the tune being, and they are hereby author-
ized and empowered to bring, prosecute, and maintain any action, suit,
-or other proceeding at Law or in Equity, for recovering possession of any
messuages, lands, tenements, or hereditaments, by this Ordinance vested
in them or him as aforesaid, and to distrain or sue for any arrears of
rent
which shall have or shall become due for or in respect thereof, under any
demise from the said Commissioners or Lord High Admiral, or any per-
son or persons on their or his behalf, or on behalf of Her Majesty, and
also to bring, prosecute, or maintain or to defend any other action or
suit in respect of, or in relation to, the said messuages, lands,
tenements,
or hereditaments, or any trespass or encroachment committed thereon, or
damage or injury done thereto; and that in every such action or suit the
said Commissioners shall be called ' The Commissioners for executing
the office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain and Ireland,' without
naming them ; and no such action or suit shall abate, by the death, re-
signation, or removal of such Commissioners, or any of them, or of such
Lord High Admiral, any law, custom, or usage to the contrary notwith-
standing : And the said Commissioners, or Lord High Admiral shall be
entitled to recover costs for and on behalf of Her Majesty, where judg-
ment shall be given for the Crown, and shall be liable to pay costs where
judgment shall be given against the Crown, in any such action, suit, or
other proceeding in like manner, and subject to the same rules and pro-
visions as though such action, snit, or other proceeding had been had
between subject and subject.
Power to ua
arid distr.ain
», regt,eet of
slick lands
giveix to Coan-
missionerr,
a.iid as to casts
o+ St,ic.
Vesting of Admiralty Estates.
No. 3 of 1863.
7. Provided always, that nothing in this Ordinance contained shall
empower or be construed, deemed or taken to empower the Lord H~ioli
Admiral or the Commissioners aforesaid for the time being to sell o>'
dispose of (otherwise than by way of surrender to Her Majesty, Her
Heirs, or Successors) any property reserved or granted by His Excellency
the Governor for naval or public purposes and held or accepted by the
Lord Hinh Admiral or the Commissioners aforesaid for the tithe being
under any grant, lease, licence or appropriation made by the Governor
on that behalf.
542
Title.
Preamble.
Lands now held in any manner for the use of the Naval Service in Hongkong to vest in Lord High Admiral or the Commissioners to execute his office.
Lands hereafter to be so acquired to be so acquired in Hongkong to vest in the Lord High Amiral or the Commissioners to execute his office.
To be so in perpetual succession.
What sufficient title of Commissioners in conveyances.
Power of sale, &c., given to Commissioners.
Power to sue and distrain in respect of such lands given to Commissioners, and as to costs of suit.
546
No property reserved by the Governor for naval purposes to be alienable except by way of surrender.
No. 3 of 1863.
An Ordinance for Vesting all Estates and Property occupied
by or for the Naval Service of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland in this Colony in the Lord High
Admiral, or the Commissioners for executing the Office of
Lord High Admiral, of the said United Kingdom for the
time being.
(26th May, 1863.1
~III;ILIJAS divers rnessuages, lands, tenements; and hereditaments
have been at various times purchased for tine use of the Naval
Service of the United Iiingdoixi of Great Britain and Ireland, and con-
veyed to several different persons in trust for Her Majesty and Her
ORDINANCE --Nio: 3, or 1863.
Vesting of Admiralty Estates.
Loyal Predecessors and Her and their Heirs and Successors, and the
same have been placed under the charge of tile Commissioners for ex.e-
cutin~ the office of Lord High Admiral of the said United Kin(rdom for
the time being, and it is expedient that the same and all other mes-
suajes, lands, tenements, and hereditaments that may be hereafter pur-
chased, or in any manner used and occupied by or for the said service,
should be vested in the Lord High Admiral of the said United Kin-y-
0 or the Commissioners for eiecutim, the offl.c.- of Lord Hi;(rh Ad-
miral aforesaid for the time bainb: Be it enacted and ordained by His
Excellency the Acting Governor of Hongkonng, with the advice of the
Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. From and after the passing of this Ordinance all messua,es,
lands, tenements, and hereditaments, erections, buildin cs, and property
whatever which have been conveyed to or are vested in any person or
persons, or are held or in ally manner occupied by or in the name of
any person or persons in trust for Her Majesty or Her Royal Predeces-
sors and Her or their Heirs or Successors for the use of the Naval Ser-
vice of the said United Kingdom, or of any of the departments of or
belonging to the said Naval Service within this Colony by whatever
mode of conveyance or by whatever title or for whatever estate or in-
terest therein, the same shall have been conveyed or be . vested, held or
occupied, together with the rights, members, easements, and ftppurte-
nances to the same respectively belonging, shall be rend become and re-
main and continue vested, in the Lord High Admiral of tile said United
Kingdom, or the Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High
Admiral aforesaid for the time being, according to the respective nature
and quality of the said messuages, lands, tenements, and hereditaments,
and the several estates and interests of and in the same .respectively in
trust for Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors for the public service.
2. From and after the purchase and conveyance grant or demise
thereof all other messuctaes, lands, tenements, and hereditaments which
shall at any time or times hereafter be purchased, taken, held, or oc-
cupied by the Lord High Admiral or the Commissioners for executing
the office of Lord High Admiral aforesaid for the time being, or by any
person or persons by his or their order for the Naval Service of the said
United Kingdom, or of any of the departments of or belonging to the
sai&Naval Service anal all erections and buildin(ys which shall then or
Lands now
held in any
manner for
the use of the
Naval Service
in Hongkong
to vest in
Lord High
Admiral or
the Com-
missioners to
execute his
office.
Lands here-
after to be so
acquired in
Hongkong
to vest in the
Lord High
Admiral or
the Com-
missioners.
to execute
his office.:
'To be so held
in perpeeus,l
.succession.
What sutrl-
~cient title of
~'ommis-
aiciners in con.
ORDINANCE No. 3 PF 183.
Vesting of admiralty Estates.
may be thereafter erected or built thereon, with the rights, members,
easements, and appurtenances to the same respectively belonging, shaft
in like manner be and become and remain and continue vested in the.
Lord High Admiral of the said United Kingdom, or the Commissioners
for executing the office of Lord High Admiral aforesaid for the time
being and his or their successors in the said office according to the re-
spective nature and quality of the said yessuages, lands, tenements, and
hereditaments, and the several estates and interests of and in the same
respectively in trust as aforesaid.
3. Upon the death, resignation, or removal of the present Com-
missioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the said
United Kingdom or of any of them, or of any future such Commissioners,
or of any Lord High Admiral of the said United kingdom, all .such
messuages, lands, tenements, and hereditaments respectively shall be-
come vested in and be held by the succeeding Commissioners for exe-
cuting the office of Lord High Admiral aforesaid, or the Lord High Ad-
miral aforesaid, as the case may be, and so in perpetual succession, ac-
cording to the respective nature and quality of the said messuages, lands,
tenements, and hereditaments, and the several estates and interests of
and in the same respectively in trust as aforesaid.
4. In all deeds, conveyances, leases, contracts, and other instru-
ments touching any estate, property, matter, or thing relating to the
Naval Service of the said United Kingdom or to any department under
the control of the Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High
Admiral aforesaid, or whereto they or any of theta shall be parties, it
shall be sufficient to describe theta generally by the style and title of
''.L he Commissioners for ezecutin;; the office of Lord High Admiral of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,' without expressing
their names, anal all such deeds, conveyances, leases, contracts, and
other
instruments, wherein the said Commissioners shall be so described, and
the execution or signature thereof, by any two of them, shall be as valid
i i d effectual to all intents and purposes as if they or any of them. had
n
teen expressly named therein and had executed or signed the same.
Power of 5. It shall and may be lawful for the Commissioners for executing
g1VC11 t0 ~.~Onl
the office of Lord High Admiral aforesaid for the tune being or any two
inisa°ner'. or snore of them, o: the Lord High Admiral aforesaid, to sell,
exchan;e~
or in any manner dispose of, or let, or demise stay of,the messzxages,
ORDINANCE No. 3 or 1863.
Vesting of AdndraltJ Estates.
lands, tenements, and hereditaments respectively which shall be vested
in them under or by virtue of this Ordinance with their respective
appurtenances either by public auction or private contract, and in due
form of law to convey, surrender, assign, or make over or to grant or
demise the same respectively, as the case may require, to a.ny person or
persons who shall be willing to purchase or take the same respectively,
and also to do any other act, matter, or thing in relation to any such
messuages, lands, tenements, and hereditaments which they or lie shall
deem beneficial for the public service in relation thereto or for the
better
management thereof which might be done by any person or persons
having a like interest in any such messuages, lands, tenements, or here-
10
6. It shall be lawful for the said Commissioners for executing the
office of Lord High Admiral aforesaid for the time beinb, or the Lord
High Admiral aforesaid for the tune being, and they are hereby author-
ized and empowered to bring, prosecute, and maintain any action, suit,
-or other proceeding at Law or in Equity, for recovering possession of any
messuages, lands, tenements, or hereditaments, by this Ordinance vested
in them or him as aforesaid, and to distrain or sue for any arrears of
rent
which shall have or shall become due for or in respect thereof, under any
demise from the said Commissioners or Lord High Admiral, or any per-
son or persons on their or his behalf, or on behalf of Her Majesty, and
also to bring, prosecute, or maintain or to defend any other action or
suit in respect of, or in relation to, the said messuages, lands,
tenements,
or hereditaments, or any trespass or encroachment committed thereon, or
damage or injury done thereto; and that in every such action or suit the
said Commissioners shall be called ' The Commissioners for executing
the office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain and Ireland,' without
naming them ; and no such action or suit shall abate, by the death, re-
signation, or removal of such Commissioners, or any of them, or of such
Lord High Admiral, any law, custom, or usage to the contrary notwith-
standing : And the said Commissioners, or Lord High Admiral shall be
entitled to recover costs for and on behalf of Her Majesty, where judg-
ment shall be given for the Crown, and shall be liable to pay costs where
judgment shall be given against the Crown, in any such action, suit, or
other proceeding in like manner, and subject to the same rules and pro-
visions as though such action, snit, or other proceeding had been had
between subject and subject.
Power to ua
arid distr.ain
», regt,eet of
slick lands
giveix to Coan-
missionerr,
a.iid as to casts
o+ St,ic.
Vesting of Admiralty Estates.
No. 3 of 1863.
7. Provided always, that nothing in this Ordinance contained shall
empower or be construed, deemed or taken to empower the Lord H~ioli
Admiral or the Commissioners aforesaid for the time being to sell o>'
dispose of (otherwise than by way of surrender to Her Majesty, Her
Heirs, or Successors) any property reserved or granted by His Excellency
the Governor for naval or public purposes and held or accepted by the
Lord Hinh Admiral or the Commissioners aforesaid for the tithe being
under any grant, lease, licence or appropriation made by the Governor
on that behalf.
542
Title.
Preamble.
Lands now held in any manner for the use of the Naval Service in Hongkong to vest in Lord High Admiral or the Commissioners to execute his office.
Lands hereafter to be so acquired to be so acquired in Hongkong to vest in the Lord High Amiral or the Commissioners to execute his office.
To be so in perpetual succession.
What sufficient title of Commissioners in conveyances.
Power of sale, &c., given to Commissioners.
Power to sue and distrain in respect of such lands given to Commissioners, and as to costs of suit.
546
No property reserved by the Governor for naval purposes to be alienable except by way of surrender.
Abstract
542
Title.
Preamble.
Lands now held in any manner for the use of the Naval Service in Hongkong to vest in Lord High Admiral or the Commissioners to execute his office.
Lands hereafter to be so acquired to be so acquired in Hongkong to vest in the Lord High Amiral or the Commissioners to execute his office.
To be so in perpetual succession.
What sufficient title of Commissioners in conveyances.
Power of sale, &c., given to Commissioners.
Power to sue and distrain in respect of such lands given to Commissioners, and as to costs of suit.
546
No property reserved by the Governor for naval purposes to be alienable except by way of surrender.
Title.
Preamble.
Lands now held in any manner for the use of the Naval Service in Hongkong to vest in Lord High Admiral or the Commissioners to execute his office.
Lands hereafter to be so acquired to be so acquired in Hongkong to vest in the Lord High Amiral or the Commissioners to execute his office.
To be so in perpetual succession.
What sufficient title of Commissioners in conveyances.
Power of sale, &c., given to Commissioners.
Power to sue and distrain in respect of such lands given to Commissioners, and as to costs of suit.
546
No property reserved by the Governor for naval purposes to be alienable except by way of surrender.
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/182
Edition
1890
Volume
v1
Cap / Ordinance No.
No. 3 of 1863
Number of Pages
5
Files
Collection
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online
Citation
“VESTING OF ADMIRALTY ESTATES ORDINANCE,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed March 4, 2025, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/182.
