CORPORATE BODIES CONTRACTS ORDINANCE

CORPORATE BODIES CONTRACTS ORDINANCE

LAWS OF HONG KONG

CORPORATE BODIES CONTRACTS ORDINANCE

CHAPTER 293

REVISED EDITION 1969

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CHAPTER 293.

CORPORATE BODIES CONTRACTS.

To amend the law governing the making of contracts by or on behalf of
bodies corporate, and for connected purposes.

[15th August, 1969.1

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Corporate Bodies Contracts
Ordinance.

2. (1) Contracts may be made on behalf of any body corporate,
wherever incorporated, as follows

(a)a contract which if made between private persons would be by
law required to be in writing, signed by the parties to be
charged therewith, may be made on behalf of the body
corporate in writing signed by any person acting under its
authority, express or implied; and

(b)a contract which if made between private persons would by
law be valid although made by parol only and not reduced into
writing, may be made by parol on behalf of the body corporate
by any person acting under its authority, express or implied.

(2) A contract made according to this section shall be effectual in
law, and shall bind the body corporate and its successors and all other
parties thereto.

(3) A contract made according to this section may be varied or
discharged in the same manner in which it is authorized by this section
to be made.

(4) Nothing in this section shall be taken as preventing a contract
under seal from being made by or on behalf of a body corporate.

(5) This section shall not apply to the making, variation or
discharge of a contract before the commencement of this Ordinance but
shall apply whether the body corporate gave its authority before or after
the commencement of this Ordinance.

3. This Ordinance shall not apply to any company formed and
registered under the Companies Ordinance or to any existing company
as defined in that Ordinance.
Originally 41 of 1969.Short title. Cases where contracts need not be under seal. 1960, c. 46, s. 1. Exclusion of companies under Companies Ordinance. 1960, c. 46, s. 2. (Cap. 32.)

Originally 41 of 1969.Short title. Cases where contracts need not be under seal. 1960, c. 46, s. 1. Exclusion of companies under Companies Ordinance. 1960, c. 46, s. 2. (Cap. 32.)

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