DIOCESAN SCHOOL AND ORPHANAGE INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1892
Title
DIOCESAN SCHOOL AND ORPHANAGE INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1892
Description
No. 3 of 1892.
For the Incorporation of the Chairman of the Committee of the
Diocesan School and Orphanage. [28th May, 1892.]
1. The Diocesan School and Orphanage Incorporation Ordinance,
2. The Chairman of the Committee of the Diocesan an School and
Orphanage shall, be a body corporate, and shall have the name of
' The Chairman of the Committee of the Diocesan School and
As amended by No. 43 of 1912 Supp. Sched. and Regulations of
the Govei.jior-iii-Coiiii(.il. See Bowley's Regulations of lloalg.
kong .1910 pp. 185 and 658.
As amended by No. GO of 1911 and No. 1 of 1912.
Orphanage,' and by that name shall have perpetual succession,
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, chan(ye,
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, messuagles, or tenements in this Colony, or on the
mortgages 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
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, dernise, re-assign, transfer or
otherwise dispose of any lands, buildinus, inessuages, and tene-
ments, 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.
Is. 3, rep. No. 1 of 19111]
4. All deeds, documents, and other instruments requiring the
seal of the said corporation shall be sealed therewith in the presence
of the Chairman of the Committee or his attorney duly authorised,
and shall also be signed by him or his attorney dLily a ithorised, 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 affed or be deemed to affect
the rights of His Majesty.
Short title. Incorporation of Chairman of Committee of Diocesan School and Orphanage. Use of seal of corporation. Reservation of rights of the Crown.
Abstract
Short title. Incorporation of Chairman of Committee of Diocesan School and Orphanage. Use of seal of corporation. Reservation of rights of the Crown.
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/863
Edition
1912
Volume
v1
Subsequent Cap No.
1017
Cap / Ordinance No.
No. 3 of 1892
Number of Pages
2
Files
Collection
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online
Citation
“DIOCESAN SCHOOL AND ORPHANAGE INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1892,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed March 11, 2025, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/863.