HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN INCORPORATION ORDINANCE

HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN INCORPORATION ORDINANCE

LAWS OF HONG KONG

HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR THE
.PROTECTION OF CHILDREN
.INCORPORATION ORDINANCE

CHAPTER 1058





CHAPTER 1058

HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF
CHILDREN INCORPORATION

To provide for the incorporation of the Hong Kong Sociely for the
Protection of Children.

[15 August 1969.1

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Hong Kong Society for
the Protection of Children Incorporation Ordinance.

2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires-

'Chairman' means the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the
Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children;

'constitution' means the constitution of the Hong Kong Society for
the Protection of Children for the time being in force;

'Executive Committee' means the Executive Committee of the
Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children established
under the constitution;

'former body corporate' means The Corporation of the Hong
Kong Society for the Protection of Children incorporated by
the Society for the Protection of Children Incorporation
Ordinance 1951, now repealed;

'President' means the President of the Hong Kong Society for the
Protection of Children;

'Secretary' means the Honorary Secretary of the Executive
Committee;

'Society' means the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of
Children.

3. The Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children
shall be a body corporate and in that name shall have perpetual
succession and may sue and be sued in all courts in the Colony and
shall have, and may use, a common seal, and may from time to time
break, change, alter and make anew the said seal as the Society may
deem fit.

4. The Society shall have power-

(a)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 the
Colony and also to invest moneys on deposit in any banks
or upon mortgage of any lands, buildings, messuages or
tenements in the Colony or upon debentures, stock, funds,





shares or securities of any corporation or company carry-
ing on business or having an office in the Colony and also
to purchase and acquire goods and chattels of what nature
or kind soever; (Amended, 74 of 1974, s. 3)

(b)to build, rebuild, demolish, alter, vary, renew, maintain
and repair any buildings, messuages or tenements acquired
by the Society or in which it is interested and to effect any
improvements thereto;

(c)to grant, sell, convey, assign, surrender, exchange,parti-
tion, yield up, mortgage, pledge, demise, let, reassign,
transfer or otherwise dispose of any lands, buildings,
messuages, tenements, mortgages, debentures, debenture
stocks, stocks, funds, shares, securities, vessels, goods,
chattels, property and assets for the time being vested in or
belonging to the Society upon such terms as the Society
may think fit;

(d)to borrow money upon such terms as the Society may
think fit, and subject to section 4(17) of the Summary
Offences Ordinance, to raise money by private or public
subscription;

(c)to accept donations, grants or subsidies from any person
or Government Authority or other body, or organization,

(f)to establish, support and subscribe to provident funds,
pension and retirement and similar schemes for the benefit
of employees of the Society and their dependants and to
grant and pay pensions or gratuities to and otherwise aid,
support or assist any such persons;

(g)generally to do such other acts and things as are incidental
or conducive to the aims and objects of the Society.

5. (1) On the commencement of this Ordinance all those
pieces or parcels of ground specified in the second column of the
Schedule, together with all rights, easements and appurtenances.
thereto belonging, shall vest in the Society for the unexpired residue
of the respective terms of years created by the Crown leases or
Conditions of Grant specified opposite thereto in the third column
of the Schedule, subject to the payment of rent and performance of
the convenants and conditions reserved by and contained in the said
Crown leases and Conditions of Grant.

(2) All debentures, stocks, funds, shares securities, vessels,
goods, chattels and other movable assets vested in or belonging to or
held for or on behalf of or in trust for the former body corporate and
all moneys subscribed for the purposes of the f6rmer body corporate
and all investments of such moneys and all interest, income and
profits arising from such investments and all securities therefor shall
at the commencement of this Ordinance, be transferred to, vest in,
belong to or be held *for or on behalf of or in trust for the Society.





(3) All contractual and other rights exercisable or enforceable
by the former body corporate shall, on the commencement of this
Ordinance, be exercisable by the Society in place of the former body
corporate.

(4) On the commencement of this Ordinance, the Society shall
'become liable for all debts and liabilities and for the performance of
all contractual and other obligations of the former body corporate.

6. The Society shall consist of those members of the Hong
Kong Society for the Protection of Children who were such mem-
bers immediately before the commencement of this Ordinance and
of all such persons who shall continue to be members of the Society
or who shall hereafter be admitted to membership of the Society in
accordance with the constitution.

7. (1) The constitution of the Hong Kong Society for the
Protection of Children in force immediately prior to the commence-
ment of this Ordinance shall continue to be the constitution of the
Society but the same may be amended or varied at any time or from
time to time in accordance with the provisions of the constitution
subject nevertheless to the provisions of this Ordinance relating to
any matter expressly dealt with herein.

(2) The constitution shall not be amended without the consent
in writing of the Registrar of Companies.

8. (1) The Society shall forward to the Registrar of Com-
panies for registration the following-

(a)notice of the address of the principal office of the Society
and any change thereof., and

(b)a copy of the constitution and any amendment thereto
certified as correct by the Chairman; and

(c)a list of the names, occupations and addresses of the
President, the members and the Secretary of the Executive
Committee and any change therein, certified as correct by
the Chairman; and

(d)a list of the names and addresses of the members for the
time being of the Society and any change therein, certified
as correct by the Chairman.

(2) Every document required to be registered in accordance
with subsection (1) shall be forwarded to the Registrar of Com-
panies within 28 days of the commencement of this Ordinance or
within 28 days of any change or amendment, as the case may be.

(3) The Society shall pay such fees for registering any docu-
ment with any public registry as may be prescribed under section 304
of the Companies Ordinance for the registration of a document with
the Registrar of Companies.





(4) Any person may inspect any of the documents registered
under this section on payment of such fee as may be prescribed by
section 305 of the Companies Ordinance for the inspection of
documents kept by the Registrar of Companies.

(5) The registration of the list mentioned in subsection (1)(c)
shall be conclusive evidence of the facts mentioned in such list.

9. (1) All deeds, documents and other instruments requiring
the seal of the Society shall be sealed in the - presence of 2 members
of the Executive Committee and shall also be signed by those
members and such signing shall be taken as sufficient evidence of
the due sealing and execution of such deeds, documents and other
instruments.

(2) The Executive Committee shall be responsible for the safe
custody of the common seal of the Society.

10. Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect or be deemed to
aff~ct the rights of Her Majesty the Queen, Her Heirs or Successors,
or the rights of any body politic or corporate or any other persons
except such as are mentioned in this Ordinance and those claiming
by,, from or under them.

SCHEDULE [s. 50)-1

Crown leases and Conditions
Item. Description of Proper~i!. of Grant.
1 . Shaukiwan Inland Lot No. 620Conditions of Grant No. 5914
2. Kowloon Inland Lot No. 6075 Conditions of Grant No. 4587
.3. Kowloon Inland Lot No. 7942Crown lease dated 19 October 1968
4. 2/13th undivided shares in HungCrown lease dated 11 November
Hom Inland Lot No. 401 1964
Originally 43 of 1969. 74 of 1974. Short title. Interpretation. (8 of 1985, Cap. 1058, 1964 Ed.) Incorporation. Powers of the Society. (Cap. 228.) Vesting of property, etc. in the Society. Schedule. Members. Constitution. Registration. (Cap. 32.) (Cap. 32.) Execution of documents. Saving.

Originally 43 of 1969. 74 of 1974. Short title. Interpretation. (8 of 1985, Cap. 1058, 1964 Ed.) Incorporation. Powers of the Society. (Cap. 228.) Vesting of property, etc. in the Society. Schedule. Members. Constitution. Registration. (Cap. 32.) (Cap. 32.) Execution of documents. Saving.

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