FRANCISCAN MISSIONARIES OF MARY INCORPORATION ORDINANCE

FRANCISCAN MISSIONARIES OF MARY INCORPORATION ORDINANCE

LAWS OF HONG KONG

FRANCISCAN MISSIONARIES OF

MARY INCORPORATION ORDINANCE

CHAPTER 1082





CHAPTER 1082

FRANCISCAN MISSIONARIES OF MARY INCORPORATION

To providefor the incorporation of the local representative in Hong

Kong of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary. (Amended, 33 of
1987,s.3)

[2 September 1955.1

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Franciscan Missionaries of
Mary Incorporation Ordinance.

(Amended, 33 of 1987, s. 3)

2. The Mother Superior for the time being in Hong Kong of the
Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, hereinafter called the Mother
Superior, shall be a corporation sole, hereinafter called the corporation,
and shall have the name ' The Mother Superior in Hong Kong of the
Franciscan Missionaries of Mary', 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, and may
from time to time break, change, alter and make anew the said seal.

(Amended, 33 of 1987, s. 3)

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 mortgage, debentures, stocks,
funds, shares or securities of any government, municipality,
corporation, or company and also to purchase, acquire and possess
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 see

fit. (Added, 33 of 1987, s. 2)

4. The legal estate in any property whatsoever, vested in the
corporation in any manner whatsoever, shall, in the event of death of
the Mother Superior or in the event of her ceasing to hold office as
such Mother Superior, pass to her successor in such office subject to
compliance with section 6(2).

5. All deeds and other instruments requiring the seal of the
corporation shall be sealed in the presence of the Mother Superior or of
her attorney duly authorized, and such deeds and instruments and





all other documents, instruments and writings requiring the signa-
ture of the corporation shall be signed by the Mother Superior or her
attorney.

6. (1) The appointment of a new Mother Superior, in the
event of the death or for any other reason, shall be made by the
Mother General of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, Rome.
(Amended, 33 of 1987, s. 3)

(2) Whenever any person is appointed to the office of Mother
Superior within 6 weeks or within such further period as the
Governor may allow after such appointment, the Mother Superior
shall furnish to the Registrar of Companies notice of her appoint-
ment and evidence thereof to the satisfaction of such Registrar, and
shall then and within 3 weeks of any change of address, furnish
to such Registrar particulars of her place of residence or other
sufficient address within the Colony.

(3) The registration of the appointment of a Mother Superior
shall be conclusive evidence of such appointment.

(4) There shall be payable to the Registrar of Companies a fee
in accordance with the Eighth Schedule of the Companies Ordin-
ance for making a record of any fact by this Ordinance required or
authorized to be recorded by the Registrar.

7. 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 1955. 33 of 1987. Short title. Incorporation. Powers of corporation. Transfer of property. Execution of documents. Appointment of Mother Superior and registration of particulars. (Cap. 32.) Saving of rights of the Crown and of certain other rights.

Originally 35 of 1955. 33 of 1987. Short title. Incorporation. Powers of corporation. Transfer of property. Execution of documents. Appointment of Mother Superior and registration of particulars. (Cap. 32.) Saving of rights of the Crown and of certain other rights.

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