SALESIAN SOCIETY INCORPORATION ORDINANCE

SALESIAN SOCIETY INCORPORATION ORDINANCE

CHAPTER 309.

SALESIAN SOCIETY INCORPORATION.

To Provide for the incorporation of the Procurator in Hong
Kong of the Salesian Society.

[2nd April, 1931.]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Salesian Society
Incorporation Ordinance.

2. The Procurator for the time being in the Colony of
Hong Kong of the Salesian Society shall be a corporation
sole, hereinafter called the corporation, and shall have the
name of 'The Procurator in Hong Kong of the Salesian
Sociely' 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,
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, 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 immovable property in
the Colony unless it has previously obtained the special con-
sent 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,
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 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 Salesian Society, or in the event of his
ceasing to hold office as such Procurator, pass to his succes-
sor in such office when appointed.

5. (1) Whenever any person is appointed to the office
of Procurator in Hong Kong of the Salesian Society 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 appoint-
ment.

(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 scaled 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 sealing 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.
Originally 9 of 1931. Fraser 9 of 1931. Short title. Incorporation. Powers of corporation. Property transferred to corporation to pass to successors. Appointment of Procurator. Execution of documents. Saving.

Originally 9 of 1931. Fraser 9 of 1931. Short title. Incorporation. Powers of corporation. Property transferred to corporation to pass to successors. Appointment of Procurator. Execution of documents. Saving.

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