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Short title.
Additional
on the
Trustees.
No. 16 of 1904. CHURCH PROPERTY VESTING.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Church Property Vesting Ordinance, 1904.
2. The Trustees of Saint John's Cathedral Church in Hongkong shall have power to acquire, accept leases of, purchase, take, hold and enjoy, any lands, buildings, messuages, or tenements, and any other property, of what nature or kind soever and wheresoever situate, for the purpose of endowing, supporting, maintaining, carrying on, or otherwise promoting the work of the Church of England in Hongkong or in China, whether such work be of a religious, educational or social nature, or otherwise.
Power to dispose of property.
Use of seal.
Saving of
3. The said trustees shall further have power by deed or writing under seal to grant, sell, convey, assign, surrender, yield up, mortgage, demise, re-convey, re-assign, transfer, or otherwise dispose of or deal with any lands, buildings, messuages, tenements, or other property vested in or belonging to them upon such terms as to them may seem fit: Provided that nothing in this section contained shall be construed so as to authorise any breach of trust on the part of the said trustees.
4. All deeds and other documents requiring the seal of the corporation shall be sealed with such seal in the presence of the Bishop, or of the chaplain of Saint John's Cathedral Church, and shall also be signed by such Bishop or chaplain, and by the secretary of the corporation.
5. Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect or be deemed to affect the rights of His Majesty.
Crown.
-1905.-
No. 1 of 1905, incorporated in No. 14 of 1904.
No. 2 of 1905, incorporated in No. 9 of 1897.
No. 3 of 1905, repealed by No. 34 of 1910.
No. 4 of 1905, repealed by No. 8 of 1912.
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.