SALVATION ARMY ORDINANCE ORDINANCE

SALVATION ARMY ORDINANCE ORDINANCE

LAWS OF HONG KONG

SALVATION ARMY ORDINANCE

CHAPTER 1062





CHAPTER 1062.

SALVATION ARMY.

To provide for the incorporation of The General of The Salvation
Army as a corporation sole having perpetual succession.

[12th October, 1951.]

WHEREAS by a Deed Poll (hereinafter called the Deed of Constitution)
dated the 7th day of August, 1878, and under the hand and seal of
William Booth (the founder and General Superintendent of a
religious society or organization known as the Christian Mssion)
and afterwards enrolled in the Chancery Division of the High
Court of Justice in England the original name doctrines and
purposes of the Christian Mission were recited and stated:

A' WHEREAS at some time before the 24th day of June, 1880, the name
of the said religious society or organization was changed from
'the Christian Mission' to 'The Salvation Army' as appears by a
Memorandum of that date under the hand of the said William
Booth endorsed on the Deed of Constitution and afterwards
enrolled in the Central Office of the Supreme Court of Judicature in
England:

AND WHEREAS the said religious society or organization has since
been and is now known as The Salvation Army and The General
Superintendent thereof has since been and is now known as The
General of The Salvation Army:

AND WHEREAS by a Deed Poll (hereinafter called the Supplemental
Deed of Constitution) dated the 26th day of July, 1904. under the
hand and seal of the said William Booth and afterwards enrolled in
the Central Office of the Supreme Court of Judicature in England
the provisions of the Deed of Constitution were supplemented by
provisions dealing with matters and contingencies not taken
account of in the Deed of Constitution:

A' WHEREAS by a Deed Poll dated the 21st day of November, 1930,
under the hand and seal of Edward John Higgins and afterwards
enrolled in the Central Office of the Supreme Court of Judicature in
England the provisions of the Supplemental Deed of Constitution
were (pursuant to a power in that behalf thereby reserved) added
to and varied:

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Salvation Army

Ordinance.

2. (1) The General of The Salvation Army for the time

being shall be deemed a corporation sole, hereinafter called the
corporation, and shall be known and described as 'The General
of The Salvation Army', and in that name shall have perpetual





succession and shall and may have and use a corporate seal and may
from time to time break, change, alter and make anew the said seal as to
the corporation may deem fit.

(2) The corporation may sue and be sued and take all legal
proceedings in any of the Courts of the Colony and all writs of
summons. notices and legal process may be served upon the
corporation by being left at the residence in the Colony of the duly
appointed attorney of The General of The Salvation Army for the time
being.

3. (1) 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 situate, 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) 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. (1) All deeds. documents and other instruments requiring the seal
of the corporation shall be sealed with the seal of the corporation in the
presence of The General of The Salvation Army for the time being or his
attorney duly authorized by power of attorney and shall also be signed
by The General for the time being or his attorney so authorized as
aforesaid.

(2) Such signing shall be taken as sufficient evidence that the said
seal was duly and properly affixed and that the same is the lawful seal of
the corporation.

5. No change of the person holding the office of The General of
The Salvation Army shall affect any immovable or movable property or
any interest therein vested in the corporation but the same shall
notwithstanding any such change continue to be vested in the
corporation.

6. Upon the lodging at the office of the Colonial Secretary of a copy
or copies certified by the Chief of Staff of The Salvation Army or the
Commissioner acting for the time being as the Chief of Staff of The
Salvation Army of a document or documents purporting to be or to
record the appointment of and acceptance of office by a General of The
Salvation Army it shall be deemed to





be conclusive in evidence that the person named in such certified copy
or copies is the person duly authorized to exercise the office of The
General of The Salvation Army for the time being until the recording
and lodging of a similar certified copy or copies as aforesaid.

7. The General of The Salvation Army for the time being shall have
power to appoint an attorney for such time and purposes and with such
powers as may be stated in the power of attorney and a nationally
certified copy of the said power of attorney shall be lodged at the office
of the Colonial Secretary and the donee of the said power of attorney
shall be deemed to be the duly authorized attorney of The General of
The Salvation Army for the time being until the recording and lodging
of a subsequent and similarly certified copy power of attorney.

8. Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect or be deemed to affect the
rights of Her Majesty the Queen. Her 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 35 of 1951. Preamble. Short title. Incorporation. Powers of corporation. Use of the corporate seal. Change of person holding office of General not to affect property and interest. Who to be deemed The General of The Salvation Army. Powers to appoint attorney. Saving.

Originally 35 of 1951. Preamble. Short title. Incorporation. Powers of corporation. Use of the corporate seal. Change of person holding office of General not to affect property and interest. Who to be deemed The General of The Salvation Army. Powers to appoint attorney. Saving.

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