DIOCESAN SCHOOL AND ORPHANAGE INCORPORATION ORDINANCE
Title
DIOCESAN SCHOOL AND ORPHANAGE INCORPORATION ORDINANCE
Description
CHAPTER 280.
DIOCESAN SCHOOL AND ORPHANAGE
INCORPORATION.
To provide for the incorporation of the chairman of the
Committee of the Diocesan School and Orphanage.
[28th Alay, 1892.]
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Diocesan
School and Orphanage Incorporation Ordinance.
2. The Chairman of the Committee of the Diocesan
School and Orphanage shall be a body corporate, and shall
have the name of 'The Chairman of the Committee of
the Diocesan School and Orphanage-, and by that name
shall have perpetual succession, and shall and may sue and
be sued in all courts, and shall and may have and use a
common seal, and the said 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,
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, and also to
invest moneys on mortgage of any lands,buildings,
messuages, or tenements in this Colony, or on the mort-
gages or debentures, stocks, funds, shares, or securities of
any corporation or company carrying on business or having
an office in this Colony, and also to purchase and acquire
all manner of goods and chattels whatsoever, and the said
corporation is hereby further empowered, by deed Under its
seal, to grant, sell, convey, assign, surrender and yield up,
mortgage, demise, reassign, transfer or otherwise dispose
of any lands, buildings, messuages, and tenements, mort
gages, debentures, stocks, funds, and securities, goods and
chattels, vested in the said corporation on such terms as
to the said corporation may seem fit.
3. All deeds, documents, and other instruments
requiring the seal of the said corporation shall be sealed
therewith in the presence of the Chairman of the Committee
or his attorney duly authorized, and shall also be signed
by him or his attorney duly authorized, and such signing
shall be and be taken as sufficient evidence of the due
scaling of such deeds, documents, and other instruments. [4
4. Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect or be deemed
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.
Originally 10 of 1892. Fraser 3 of 1892. 37 of 1950. Short title. Incorporation of Chairman of Committee of Diocesan School and Orphanage. Use of seal of corporation. Saving. 37 of 1950, Schedule.
Abstract
Originally 10 of 1892. Fraser 3 of 1892. 37 of 1950. Short title. Incorporation of Chairman of Committee of Diocesan School and Orphanage. Use of seal of corporation. Saving. 37 of 1950, Schedule.
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/2134
Edition
1950
Volume
v6
Subsequent Cap No.
280
Number of Pages
2
Files
Collection
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online
Citation
“DIOCESAN SCHOOL AND ORPHANAGE INCORPORATION ORDINANCE,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed February 24, 2025, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/2134.