BISHOP OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN HONG KONG INCORPORATION ORDINANCE

BISHOP OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN HONG KONG INCORPORATION ORDINANCE

CHAPTER 266.

BISHOP OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
IN HONG KONG INCORPORATION.

To provide for the incorporation of the Bishop of the Roman
Catholic Church in Hong Kong.

[15th May, 1885.]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Bishop of the
Roman Catholic Church in Hong Kong Incorporation
Ordinance.

2. The Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church in Hong
Kong, or the Rornan Catholic dignitary having the supreme
ecclesiastical jurisdiction in this Colony in the Roman
Catholic Church, shall be a body corporate, and shall have
the name of 'The Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church in
Hong Kong, ' and by that name shall have perpetual success-
sion, and shall and may sue and be sued in all courts in this
Colony, and shall and may have and use a common seal, and
the sald seal may break, change, alter, and make anew as to
the said corporation may seem fit, and the said corporation
shall have full power to acquire, purchase, take, hold, and
enjoy, for the use of the Roman Catholic Church in this
Colony, all lands, messuages, and tenements of what nature
or kind soever for a life or lives or for a term of years, and
also all manner of goods and chattels whatsoever; and the
said corporation is hereby further empowered by deed under
its seal, to mortgage, sell, or demise, grant, convey, or
otherwise dispose of any lands, buildings, messuages, and
tenements vested in the said corporation, upon such terms as
it may see fit : Provided always that no lands, buildings,
messuages or tenements acquired with public money or
granted by the Government for any special purpose previous
to the commencement of this Ordinance shall be disposed of
without the consent of the Governor in Council.

3. Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect or be deerned
to affect the rights of His Majesty the King, His Heirs or
Successors, or the rights of any body politic or corporate or
of any other persons except such as are mentioned in this
Ordinance and those claiming by, from or under them. [4
Originally 10 of 1885. Fraser 4 of 1885. 64 of 1948. Short title. 64 of 1948, s. 2. Incorporation of Bishop of Roman Catholic Church in Hong Kong. 64 of 1948, s. 2. Saving. 64 of 1948, s. 3.

Originally 10 of 1885. Fraser 4 of 1885. 64 of 1948. Short title. 64 of 1948, s. 2. Incorporation of Bishop of Roman Catholic Church in Hong Kong. 64 of 1948, s. 2. Saving. 64 of 1948, s. 3.

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