BERLIN LADIES' MISSION INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1889
Title
BERLIN LADIES' MISSION INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1889
Description
No. 5 of 1889.
For the Incorporation of the Director in this Colony of the Berlin
Ladies' Mission for China. [20th,, March, 1889.]
1. The Berlin Ladies' Mission Incorporation Ordinance, 1889.
2. The Director in Hongkong of the Berlin Ladies' Mission for
China, having placed in the hands of the Governor satisfactory
proof of his appointment for the time being, shall be a body
corporate (hereinafter called the corporation) and shall have the
name of 'The Director in Hongkong of the Berlin Ladies' Mission
for China,' and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and
shall and may sue and be sued in all Courts in this Colony, and
shall and may have and use a common seal, and the said seal may
break, change, alter, and make anew as to the said corporation may
seem fit; and the said corporation shall have full power to acquire,
accept leases of, purchase, take, hold, and enjoy any lands, build-
As amended by No. 17 of 1909, N,), 30 of 1911, No. 63 of 19,~l
and No. 8 of 1912.
As amended by No. 50 of 1911, No.. 62 of 1911, and No. 8 of 1912.
As amended by No 62 of 1911.
As amended by No. 50 of 1911 and No. 62 of 19~l.
ings, messuages, or tenements of what nature or kind soever and
wheresoever situate in the Colony, and also to invest moneys on
mortgage of any lands, buildings, messuages, or tenements in this
Colony or on the mortgages or debentures, stocks, funds, shares,
or securities of any corporation carrying on business or having an
office in this Colony, and also to purchase and acquire all manner
of goods and chattels whatsoever; and the said, corporation is
hereby further empowered by deed under its seal, to grant, sell,
convey, assign, surrender, and yield up, mortgage demise, re-
assign, transfer, or otherwise dispose of any lands, buildings, mes-
suages, and tenements, mortgages, debentures, stocks, funds, and
securities, goods and chattels, vested in the said corporation, on
such terms as to the said corporation may seem fit: Provided
that due notice of appointment as such Director and of the proof
thereof having been placed in the hands of the Governor shall be
given in the Gazette.
[s. 3, rep. No. 62 of 1911.]
4. All deeds, documents, and other instruments requiring the
seal of the said corporation shall be sealed with such seal in the
presence of the said Director or his attorney duly authorised, and
shall also be signed by him or his attorney, and such signing
shall be and be taken. as sufficient evidence of the due sealing
thereof.
5. Nothing in this Ordinance shall affeet or be deemed to affeet
the rights of His Majesty the King.
Short title. Incorporation of Director in Hongkong of Berlin Ladies' Mission for China. Use of seal. Reservation of rights of the Crown.
For the Incorporation of the Director in this Colony of the Berlin
Ladies' Mission for China. [20th,, March, 1889.]
1. The Berlin Ladies' Mission Incorporation Ordinance, 1889.
2. The Director in Hongkong of the Berlin Ladies' Mission for
China, having placed in the hands of the Governor satisfactory
proof of his appointment for the time being, shall be a body
corporate (hereinafter called the corporation) and shall have the
name of 'The Director in Hongkong of the Berlin Ladies' Mission
for China,' and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and
shall and may sue and be sued in all Courts in this Colony, and
shall and may have and use a common seal, and the said seal may
break, change, alter, and make anew as to the said corporation may
seem fit; and the said corporation shall have full power to acquire,
accept leases of, purchase, take, hold, and enjoy any lands, build-
As amended by No. 17 of 1909, N,), 30 of 1911, No. 63 of 19,~l
and No. 8 of 1912.
As amended by No. 50 of 1911, No.. 62 of 1911, and No. 8 of 1912.
As amended by No 62 of 1911.
As amended by No. 50 of 1911 and No. 62 of 19~l.
ings, messuages, or tenements of what nature or kind soever and
wheresoever situate in the Colony, and also to invest moneys on
mortgage of any lands, buildings, messuages, or tenements in this
Colony or on the mortgages or debentures, stocks, funds, shares,
or securities of any corporation carrying on business or having an
office in this Colony, and also to purchase and acquire all manner
of goods and chattels whatsoever; and the said, corporation is
hereby further empowered by deed under its seal, to grant, sell,
convey, assign, surrender, and yield up, mortgage demise, re-
assign, transfer, or otherwise dispose of any lands, buildings, mes-
suages, and tenements, mortgages, debentures, stocks, funds, and
securities, goods and chattels, vested in the said corporation, on
such terms as to the said corporation may seem fit: Provided
that due notice of appointment as such Director and of the proof
thereof having been placed in the hands of the Governor shall be
given in the Gazette.
[s. 3, rep. No. 62 of 1911.]
4. All deeds, documents, and other instruments requiring the
seal of the said corporation shall be sealed with such seal in the
presence of the said Director or his attorney duly authorised, and
shall also be signed by him or his attorney, and such signing
shall be and be taken. as sufficient evidence of the due sealing
thereof.
5. Nothing in this Ordinance shall affeet or be deemed to affeet
the rights of His Majesty the King.
Short title. Incorporation of Director in Hongkong of Berlin Ladies' Mission for China. Use of seal. Reservation of rights of the Crown.
Abstract
Short title. Incorporation of Director in Hongkong of Berlin Ladies' Mission for China. Use of seal. Reservation of rights of the Crown.
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/845
Edition
1912
Volume
v1
Cap / Ordinance No.
No. 5 of 1889
Number of Pages
2
Files
Collection
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online
Citation
“BERLIN LADIES' MISSION INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1889,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed January 22, 2025, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/845.
