MISSIONS ETRANGERES INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1890
Title
MISSIONS ETRANGERES INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1890
Description
No. 1 of 1890.
For the Incorparation of the Procurcur General in this Colony of
the Society of the Missions Etrangeres.
[28th March, 1890.]
1. The Missions Etrangeres incorporation Ordinance, 1890.
2. The Procureur, General in this Colony of the Society of the
Missions Etrarngeres having placed in the bands of the Governor
satisfactory proof of appointment shall be a body corporate (here-
inafter called the corporation) and shall have the name of 'The
Procureur General in Hongkong of the Missions Etrangeres,' 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, buildings, messuages,
or tenements of what nature, or kind soever and wheresoever situate
in this Colony, and also to invest moneys on mortgage of any
lands, buildings, messuages, or tenements in this Colony, or on
the mortgages, debenture, stocks, funds, shares, or securities of
any corporation or company 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 furtber empowered by deed under its seal, to grant, sell,
convey, assign, surrender, and yield up, mortgage, demise, re-
asign, transfer, or otherwise dispose of any lands, buildings,
messuages, amd 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 Proccureur General and of
the proof thereof having been placed in the hands of the Governor,
shall be given in the Gazette.
[s. 3, rep._No. 1 of 1912.]
4. All deeds, documents, and other instruments requiring the
seal of the said corporation shall be so sealed in the presence of
the said Procureur General or his attorney, and shall also be signed
by him or his said attorney, and such signing shall be taken as
sufficient evidence of the due seaIing of such deeds, documents, and
other instruments.
5. Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect or be deemed to affect
the rights of His Majesty the king.
Short title. Incorporation of Procureur General in the Colony of Society of Missions Etrangeres. Use of seal. Reservation of rights of the Crown.
For the Incorparation of the Procurcur General in this Colony of
the Society of the Missions Etrangeres.
[28th March, 1890.]
1. The Missions Etrangeres incorporation Ordinance, 1890.
2. The Procureur, General in this Colony of the Society of the
Missions Etrarngeres having placed in the bands of the Governor
satisfactory proof of appointment shall be a body corporate (here-
inafter called the corporation) and shall have the name of 'The
Procureur General in Hongkong of the Missions Etrangeres,' 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, buildings, messuages,
or tenements of what nature, or kind soever and wheresoever situate
in this Colony, and also to invest moneys on mortgage of any
lands, buildings, messuages, or tenements in this Colony, or on
the mortgages, debenture, stocks, funds, shares, or securities of
any corporation or company 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 furtber empowered by deed under its seal, to grant, sell,
convey, assign, surrender, and yield up, mortgage, demise, re-
asign, transfer, or otherwise dispose of any lands, buildings,
messuages, amd 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 Proccureur General and of
the proof thereof having been placed in the hands of the Governor,
shall be given in the Gazette.
[s. 3, rep._No. 1 of 1912.]
4. All deeds, documents, and other instruments requiring the
seal of the said corporation shall be so sealed in the presence of
the said Procureur General or his attorney, and shall also be signed
by him or his said attorney, and such signing shall be taken as
sufficient evidence of the due seaIing of such deeds, documents, and
other instruments.
5. Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect or be deemed to affect
the rights of His Majesty the king.
Short title. Incorporation of Procureur General in the Colony of Society of Missions Etrangeres. Use of seal. Reservation of rights of the Crown.
Abstract
Short title. Incorporation of Procureur General in the Colony of Society of Missions Etrangeres. Use of seal. Reservation of rights of the Crown.
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/849
Edition
1912
Volume
v1
Subsequent Cap No.
1036
Cap / Ordinance No.
No. 1 of 1890
Number of Pages
2
Files
Collection
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online
Citation
“MISSIONS ETRANGERES INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1890,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed January 23, 2025, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/849.
