CONGREGATION OF OUR LADY OF CHARITY OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD OF ANGERS AT HONG KONG INCORPORATION ORDINANCE

CONGREGATION OF OUR LADY OF CHARITY OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD OF ANGERS AT HONG KONG INCORPORATION ORDINANCE

LAWS OF HONG KONG

CONGREGATION OF OUR LADY OF CHARITY OF THE
GOOD SHEPHERD OF ANGERS AT HONG KONG
INCORPORATION ORDINANCE

CHAPTER 1084





CHAPTER 1084.

CONGREGATION OF OUR LADY OF CHARITY
OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD OF ANGERS
AT HONG KONG INCORPORATION.

To provide for the incorporation of the Mother Superior of the
Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd of
Angers at Hong Kong.

[14th October. 1955.]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Congregation of Our Lady
of Charity of the Good Shepherd of Angers at Hong Kong
Incorporation Ordinance.

2. The Mother Superior of the Congregation of Our Lady of Charity
of the Good Shepherd of Angers at Hong Kong shall be a corporation
sole, hereinafter called the corporation, and shall have the name of 'The
Mother Superior of the Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the
Good Shepherd of Angers at Hong Kong', and by that name 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) 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, or company and also to purchase, acquire and possess
goods and chattels of what nature and kind soever and also to borrow
or raise monies with or without security.

(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, debentures, -stocks, funds, shares or securities, or any goods
and chattels whatsoever 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 transferred to the
corporation in any manner whatsoever shall in the event of the death of
the Mother Superior of the Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the
Good Shepherd of Angers at Hong Kong for the time being or in the
event of her ceasing to hold office as such Mother Superior pass to her
successor in such office when appointed.





5. All deeds and other instruments requiring the seal of the
corporation shall be sealed in the presence of the person who is for the
time being Mother Superior of the Congregation of Our Lady of Charity
of the Good Shepherd of Angers at Hong Kong or of her attorney duly
authorized and such deeds and instruments and all other documents,
instruments and writings requiring the signature of the corporation shall
be signed by such Mother Superior or her attorney.

6. (1) Whenever any person is appointed to the office of Mother
Superior of the Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good
Shepherd of Angers at Hong Kong such person shall within three weeks
after her appointment or within such further time as may be allowed by
the Governor furnish to the Governor satisfactory evidence of her
appointment.

(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.

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 49 of 1955. Short title. Incorporation. Powers of corporation. Property transferred to corporation to pass to successors. Execution of documents. Appointment of Mother Superior. Saving.

Originally 49 of 1955. Short title. Incorporation. Powers of corporation. Property transferred to corporation to pass to successors. Execution of documents. Appointment of Mother Superior. Saving.

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