534 THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 17, 1930.
HONG KONG.
No. 15 or 1930.
I assent.
W. PEEL,
L. S.
Governor.
Short title.
Incorpora-
tion of the Colonial Treasurer, and powers.
39 & 40 Vict. c. 18, S.. 1,
Property and rights transferred
to corpora- tion to vest
or remain
vested in
17th October, 1930.
An Ordinance to incorporate the Colonial
Treasurer.
[17th October, 1930.]
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Colonial Treasurer Incorporation Ordinance, 1930.
2. The person for the time being performing the duties of the office of Colonial Treasurer shall be a corporation sole (hereinafter called the corporation), and shall have the name of "The Colonial Treasurer Incorporated", and by that name shall have per- petual succession, with a capacity to acquire, whether as purchaser, mortgagee, or otherwise, and hold in that name lands, Government securities, shares in any public company, debentures, stocks, funds, securities for money, and real and personal property of every description, to sue and be sued, to grant, sell, convey, assign, surrender, exchange, partition, yield up, mortgage, demise, reconvey, reassign, trans- fer, or otherwise deal with and dispose of any pro- perty of any nature whatsoever, to execute deeds, using an official seal, to enter into engagements bind- ing on himself and his successors in office, and to do all other acts necessary or expedient to be done in the execution of the duties of his office.
3. Notwithstanding any change in the occupant of the corporation, whether on account of death, departure on leave, return from leave, temporary employment elsewhere, resumption of duties, new appointment, or other cause whatsoever, and not- withstanding the nature of the property or rights, all corporation property and rights whatsoever, transferred to the corporation, or to any occupant of the corporation as such, in any manner whatsoever, shall vest or remain vested in the corporation so as to be capable of being dealt with by the occupant of the corporation for the time being, and shall not vest in any occupant in his natural or personal capacity or pass to the personal representative of any occupant.
and not to pass to personal re- presentative of occupant.
Deeds, &c. to be receivable
4. Any deed purporting to be sealed with the said official seal and to be signed by the occupant of the in evidence. corporation for the time being, and any other docu- ments, instruments and writings purporting to be so signed, shall be receivable in evidence of the parti- culars stated in such document.
39 & 40
Vict. c. 18,
s. 1.
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