BASEL MISSIONARY SOCIETY INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1896
Title
BASEL MISSIONARY SOCIETY INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1896
Description
No. 2 of 1896.
For the incorporation of the President in this Colony of the
Basel Evangelical Missionary Society.
[17th March, 1896.]
1. The Basel Missionary Society Incorporation Ordinance, 1896.
2. The President in hongkong of the Basel Evangelical
Missionary Society, having placed in the hands of the Governor
satisfactory proof of his appointinent, shall be a body corporate
(hereinafter called the said corporation), and shall have the name of
The President in Hon-kong of the Basel Evangelical Missionary
Society,- 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 sald seal may break, change, alter,
and make anew as to the said corporation may seein fit; and the
said corporation have full power to acquire, accept leases of,
purchase, take, hold, and en'oy any lands, buildings, niessuages, or
As amended by No. 50 of 1911 and No. 1 of 1912.
As amended by No. 1 of 1912.
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 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, demise, re-assign, transfer, or
otherwise dispose of, any lands, buildings, 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 : Provided that due notice of.appoint-
ment as such President in this Colony, and of the proof thereof
having been placed in the hands of titie governor, shall be given ill
the Gazette.
[s. 3, rep. No. 1 of 1912.]
4. All deeds, documents, and other instruments reqtiiring the seal
of the said corporation shall be sealed therewith in the presence, of
the said President or his attorney duly authorised, and shall also be
signed by the said President or his attorney.
5. Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect or be deemed to afFect
the rights of His Majesty the King.
Short title. Incorporation of President in the Colony of Basel Evangelical Missionary Society. Use of seal of corporation. Saving of rights of the Crown.
Abstract
Short title. Incorporation of President in the Colony of Basel Evangelical Missionary Society. Use of seal of corporation. Saving of rights of the Crown.
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/880
Edition
1912
Volume
v1
Subsequent Cap No.
1002
Cap / Ordinance No.
No. 2 of 1896
Number of Pages
2
Files
Collection
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online
Citation
“BASEL MISSIONARY SOCIETY INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1896,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed October 21, 2024, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/880.