TUNG WA HOSPITAL EXTENSION ORDINANCE, 1900

TUNG WA HOSPITAL EXTENSION ORDINANCE, 1900

ORDINANCE NO.1 OF 1900.

Tung Wa Hospital Extension

AN ORDINANCE for the establishement of a hospital for
infectious diseases in connexion with the tung wa
hospital. [22nd march, 1900]

WHEREAS it has been proposed to the governor by the
board of direction of the tung wa hospital that a
branch hospital of the tung wa hospital, for the care and treament
of infectious diseases amongst the chines, should be established in
this colony; and whereas her majesty the queen has been graciouly
pleased, by way of endownment of the said branch hopital, to consent to
the grant of a piece of crown land as a site for the erection thereof;
and whereas dbouts have arien as to whether it is within the powers of
the board of direction of the tung wa hospital, under the tung wa
hospital incorporation ordinance, 1870, to acquire the said piece of land
and to build and direct the said branch hospital; and whereas doubts have also arisen as to whether it is within the powers of the said board of
direction to bind in any way the body polictic and corporate known as
the 'tung wa hospital,' or any of the members thereof, or any
of the property thereof, in connexion with any such agreement as is
hereinafter referred to in section 3; and whereas it is expedient to remove
such doubts:

BE it therefore enacted by the governor of hongkong, with the advice
and consent of the legislative council thereof, as follows:-
1 this ordinance may may be cited as the tung wa hospital extension
ordinance, 1900.
2 from and after the commencement of this ordinance, the body
politic and corporate which is referred to in the tung wa hospital incorporation
ordinance, 1870, as the 'tung wa hospital' shall possess the
same powers and rights and be subject to the same liabiliteis and responsibilities in
connexion with the branch hospital for infrectious diseases
intended to be built on the western side of inland lot no.1082 as it
possesses and is subject to with regard to the hospital which is known as
the tung wa hospital shall have and exercise the same powers and
rights and be subject to the same liabilities and responsibilities in connexion
with the said brach hospital as they have and exercise and are
subject to in connexion with the tung wa hospital under the provisions of the said
last-mentioned ordinance, and moreover the provisions of sections 14, 16 and
17 of the said last-mentioned ordinance
shall apply to the aforesaid branch hospital in the same way as such
provisions now apply to the tung wa hospital.
3 for the purpose of the better carrying out of the objects of this
ordinance, it is hereby declared that any 2 members of the board of
direction of the tung wa hospital shall have power to enter into an
agreement, under the common seal of the aforesaid body politic and corporate,
indemnifying the government of this colony from and against
any action, suit, proceeding, claim, or demand by any person in respect
of the erection or occupation or use of, or otherwise howsoever in connexion
with, the aforesaid branch hospital. and it is also hereby
declared that such agreement as aforesaid, when entered into, shall be
binding on the members and on the property of the aforesaid body politic
and corporate and that such body politic and corporate may be sued
in respect thereof. A.D. 1900. Ordinance No. 2 of 1900.
No. 1 of 1870. Short title. Extension of the Tung Wa Hospital Incorporation Ordinance, 1870, to branch hospital. No. 1 of 1870. Power to indemnify Government.

A.D. 1900. Ordinance No. 2 of 1900.
No. 1 of 1870. Short title. Extension of the Tung Wa Hospital Incorporation Ordinance, 1870, to branch hospital. No. 1 of 1870. Power to indemnify Government.

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