Short title.
Incorpora- tion.
Powers
of the Corpora- tion.
AND WHEREAS the said Religious Society or Organization has since been and is now known as The Salvation Army and The General Superintendent thereof has since been and is now known as The General of The Salvation Army:
AND WHEREAS by a Deed Poll (hereinafter called "the Supplemental Deed of Constitution") dated the 26th day of July, 1904, under the hand and seal of the said William Booth and afterwards enrolled in the Central Office of the Supreme Court of Judicature in England the provisions of the Deed of Constitution were supplemented by provisions dealing with matters and con-- tingencies not taken account of in the Deed of Constitution :
AND WHERKAS by a Deed Poll dated the 21st day of Novem ber, 1930, under the hand and seal of Edward John Higgins and afterwards enrolled in the Central Office of the Supreme Court of Judicature in England the provisions of the Supplemental Deed of Constitution were (pursuant to a power in that behalf thereby reserved) added to and varied :
AND WHEREAS Albert William Thomas Orsborn has been duly appointed and still is The General of The Salvation Army:
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice? and consent of the Legislative Council thereof :
1. This Ordinance may be cited as The Salvation Army' Ordinance, 1951.
2. (1) The General of The Salvation Army for the time being shall be deemed a corporation sole (hereinafter called "the Corporation") and shall be known and described as "The Generi of The Salvation Army" and in that name shall have perpetual succession and shall and may have and use a corporate seal and may from time to time break, change, alter and make anew the said seal as to the Corporation may deem fit.
(2) The Corporation may sue and be sued and take all legal proceedings in any of the Courts of the Colony and all writs of summons, notices and legal process may be served upon the Corporation by being left at the residence in this Colony of the duly appointed Attorney of The General for the time being of The Salvation Army,
3. (1) The Corporation shall have power to acquire, accept leases of, purchase, take, hold and enjoy any lands, buildings, messuages or tenements of what nature or kind soever and
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wheresoever situated and also to invest moneys upon mortgage of any lands, buildings, messuages or tenements or upon the mortgages, debentures, stocks, funds, shares or securities of any Government, municipality, corporation, company or person, and also to purchase, acquire and possess vessels and other goods and chattels of what nature and kind soever.
(2) The Corporation shall further have power by decd under its seal to grant, sell, convey, assign, surrender, exchange. partition, yield up, mortgage, demise, reassign, transfer or other- wise dispose of any lands, buildings, messuages, tenements, mortgages, debentures, stocks, funds, shares or securities, or vessels or other goods and chattels, which are for the time being vested in or belonging to the Corporation, upon such terms as to the Corporation may seem fit.
4. All property, goods and chattels, and all rights which Vesting of immediately before this Ordinance belonged to or vested in The property
and rights. General of The Salvation Army or any person in trust for or on Army are hereby transferred to and vested in the Corporation. behalf of The Salvation Army or The General of The Salvation
seal.
5. (1) All deeds, documents and other instruments requir. Use of the
Corporate ing the seal of the Corporation shall be sealed with the seal of the Corporation in the presence of The General for the time being of The Salvation Army or his Attorney duly authorized by power of attorney and shall also be signed by The General for the time being or his Attorney so authorized as aforesaid.
(2) Such signing shall be taken as sufficient evidence that the said seal was duly and properly affixed and that the same is the lawful seal of the Corporation.
8. No change of the person holding the office of General of Change of The Salvation Army shall affect immovable or movable
any
holding property or any interest therein vested in the Corporation but the office of
General same shall notwithstanding any such change continue to be vested
not ta in the Corporation.
affect
person
property and
interest.
Who to be
General
Salvation
7. Upon the lodging at the office of the Colonial Secretary of a copy or copies certified by the Chief of Staff of The Salvation deemed Ammy or the Commissioner acting for the time being as the Chief of The of Staff of The Salvation Army of a document or documents pur- Army. porting to be or to record the appointment of and acceptance of