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4. The legal estate in any property whatsoever transferred Froperty to the Corporation in any manner whatsoever shall in the transferred event of the death of the Administrator in Hong Kong of the tion to Catholic Mission of Macao for the time being, or in the event pass to of his ceasing to hold office as such Administrator pass to his successor in such office when appointed.
successors.
Adminis-
5.-(a) Until the appointment of such successor as afore- Appointment said the Vicar Capitular of the Diocese of Macao appointed of temporary by the Chapter of the Diocese of Macao or by the Sub-Bishop trator. of Goa shall on his furnishing to the Governor satisfactory evidence of his appointment be entitled to exercise on behalf of the Corporation all the powers and authorities hereby con- ferred.
(b) A notification in the gazette under the hand of the Colonial Secretary that such evidence has been furnished to the Governor by such person shall be conclusive evidence of his authority to act.
6. All deeds and other instruments requiring the seal of Execution of the Corporation shall be sealed in the presence of the said documents. Administrator or his attorney and shall be signed by him or
his attorney, and such signing shall be taken as sufficient evidence of the due sealing of such deeds and other instru- ments, and all deeds instruments and other documents and writings requiring the signature of the Corporation shall be signed by such Administrator or his attorney.
7. Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect or be deemed Saving of to affect the rights of His Majesty The King, His Heirs or of the
the rights Successors, or the rights of any body politic or corporate or of Crown any other person except such as are mentioned in this Ordin- certain ance and those claiming by from or under them.
and of
other persons.
Objects and Reasons.
1. The Diocese of Macao extends to and covers as its territory the Portuguese Colony of Macao, a part of the Pro- vince of Kwangtung in the Republic of China, two Parishes in the Colony of the Straits Settlements and the Portuguese Colony of Timor.
2. The administration of the diocese is vested in the Bishop of Macao who is also responsible for the safe custody and administration of the diocesan funds. Such funds are the property of the Catholic Mission of Macao and a portion there- of is invested in the Colony of Hong Kong in the name of the present Bishop of Macao.
3. In order to secure perpetual succession and the other advantages of incorporation it is proposed that the Bishop of Macao and his successors in office be incorporated as a Cor- poration sole with the name of "The Administrator in Hong Kong of the Catholic Mission of Macao".
4. The bill now proposed follows in its main lines incor- poration ordinances which have been passed from time to time and more particularly the Bishop of Victoria Incorporation Ordinance, 1925, and the Salesian Society Incorporation Ordinance, 1931.
August, 1935.