IRISH PROVINCE OF THE ORDER OF FRANCISCANS MINOR INCORPORATION ORDINANCE

IRISH PROVINCE OF THE ORDER OF FRANCISCANS MINOR INCORPORATION ORDINANCE

CHAPTER 291.

IRISH PROVINCE OF THE ORDER
OF FRANCISCANS MINOR INCORPORATION.
To provide for the incorporation of the Procurator in Hong
Kong of the Irish Province of the Order of Franciscians
Minor.

[24th December, 1937.]

1. This Ordinance rnay be cited as the Irish Province
of the Order of Franciscans Minor Incorporation Ordinance.

2. The Procurator for the time being in the Colony of
Hong Kong of the Irish Province of the Order of Franciscans
Minor shall be a corporation sole, hereinafter called the
corporation, and shall have the name of 'The Procurator in
Hong Kong of the Irish Province of the Order of Fraciscans
Minor' 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) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2) the
corporation shall have power to acquire, accept leases of,
purchase, take, hold and enjoy any lands, buildings, mes-
suages 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, municipality, corporation,
company or person, and also to purchase, acquire and possess
vessels and other goods and chattels of what nature and kind
soever.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) the
corporation shall not acquire any immoveable property in
the Colony unless it shall have previously obtained the
special consent of the Governor in Council in each case.

(3) 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, rnes-





suages, 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 trans-
ferred to the corporation in any manner whatsoever shall,
in the event of the death of the Procurator for the time being
in Hong Kong of the Irish Province of the Order of Fran-
ciscans Minor, or in the event of his ceasing to hold office
as such Procurator, pass to his successor in such office when
appointed.

5. (1) When any other person is appointed to the office
of Procurator in Hong Kong of the Irish Province of the
Order of Franciscans Minor 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 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 seal
of the corporation shall be sealed in the presence of the said
Procurator or his attorney and shall be signed by him or
his attorney, and such signing shall be taken as sufficient
evidence of the due scaling of such deeds and other instru-
ments and all deeds instruments and other documents and
writings requiring the signature of the corporation shall be
signed by such Procurator or his attorney.

7. 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.
28 of 1937. Short title. Incorporation. Power of corporation. Property transferred to corporation to pass to successors. Appointment of Procurator. Execution of documents. Saving.

28 of 1937. Short title. Incorporation. Power of corporation. Property transferred to corporation to pass to successors. Appointment of Procurator. Execution of documents. Saving.

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