LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1891

LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1891

No. 6 of 1891.

For the Incorporation of the Senior Allissioncury M this Colony of
the London Missionary Society. [31st October, 1891.]

1. The London Missionary Society Incorporation Ordinance,
1891.

2. The holder of the appointment of Senior Missionary in Hong-
kong of the London Missionary Society, ahving placed in the hands
of the Governor staisfactory proof of his appointment, shall be a body
corporate (hereinafter called the said corporation) and shall have
the name of 'The Senior Missionary in Hongkong of the London
Missionary Society,'' and by that name shall have perpetual succes-
sion, and shall and may sue and be sued in all Courts, 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 where-
soever situate in this Colony and also to invest money on mortgage
of any lands, buildings, messuages, or tenements in this Colony
or upon the mortages or debentures, 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 an chattels whatsoever; and the said corporation
is hereby further empowered by deeds under its seal, to grant, sell,
convey, assign, surrender yield up, mortgage, demise, re-assign,
transfer, or otherwise dispose of any lands, buildings, messuages,

As amended by No. 50 of 1911, No. 1 of 1912 and No, 2 of 1912,
and tenements, mortgages, debentures, stocks, 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 appoint-
ment as such Senior Missionary in Hongkong, 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 docunients, and other instruments requiring the seal
of the said corporation shall he sealed with the seal of the
said corporation in the presence of the said Senior Missionary 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 of such deeds, documents, and other
instruments.

5. Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect or be deemed to affect
the rights of His Majesty.
Short title. Incorporation of the Senior Missionary in the Colony of the London Missionary Society. Use of seal. Reservation of right of the Crown.

Short title. Incorporation of the Senior Missionary in the Colony of the London Missionary Society. Use of seal. Reservation of right of the Crown.

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