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Powers of Corpora- tion.

Vesting of

property.

Members.

Existing

4. The Corporation shall have full power :- (a) To acquire, by purchase, lease, exchange or otherwise, hold and enjoy land, buildings, messuages or tene ments of what nature or kind soever and wheresoever situate, whether in the Colony or elsewhere; (b) To acquire, by purchase or otherwise, goods and chattels

of what nature or kind souver; (c) To invest moneys on deposit in any bank in the Colony, or in any government bonds, or on mortgage of any land, buildings, messuages or totements in the Colony or elsewhere, or in or on debentures, debenture-stocks, stock, funds, shares or securities of any corporation or company carrying on business' in the "Colony or else where; and

and names

9. A copy of the constitution of the Corporation and of Filing of any amendment thereto, and a list of the names and addresses constitution of the members of the executive committee of the Corporation of executive for the time being, certified in each case as correct by the chair- members. man of the executive committee or by the secretary of the Corporation, shall be forwarded to the Registrar of Companies for registration.

10. The Corporation shall pay such fee for registering any Registra- document with any public registry as may be payable under tion fee. any enactment relating thereto.

and search

11. Any person may inspect any of the documents regis Inspection ered by the Corporation in pursuance of section 9 hereof, upon fee. payment of such fee as may be payable under any enactment relating thereto.

(d) To grant, sell, convey, assign, surrender, yield up mortgage, demise, let, reassign, transfer, or otherwise dispose of, any land, buildings, messuages, tenefrients, mortgages, debeatures, debenture-stock, funds secur 12. All deeds documents and other instruments requiring Sealing of ities, goods and chattels vested in the Corporation, uponthe seal of the Corporation shall be signed by the chairman of deeda. such terms as the Corporation may deem hi

the executive committee and the secretary of the Corporation or by such other person or persons as the executive committee shall

5. The land, buildings, messuages and tenements in the from time to time appoint and such signing shall be taken as Colony belonging or purporting to belong to the unincorporated sufficient evidence of the due scaling of such deeds, documents Hong Kong Council of Social Service, and all moneys, securities and other instruments.

for money, goods, chattels, and effects whatsoever the property

of the unincorporated Hong Kong Council of Social Servic

13. Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect or be deemed to Saving.

or purporting so to be are hereby transferred to and vested it affect the rights of His Majesty the King, His Heirs and Suc- the Corporation, but subject as regards the said land, buildingsressors, or the rights of any body politic or corporate or of Inessuages and tenements, to the payment of the rents and any other person except such as are mentioned in this Ordin- observance and performance of all the covenants, conditionsance and those claiming by, from or under them.

and reservations contained in the Crown Lease under which the same are respectively held.

6. The Corporation shall consist of such members as pro vided by its constitution.

T. All the existing members of the unincorporated Hong members to Kong Council of Social Service at the date of the passing of members. this Ordinance shall be the first members of the Corporation

became

Existing

to become

8. The existing constitution of the unincorporated Hong constitution Kong Council of Social Service shall be the constitution of the constitution Corporation, but the same may be changed or amended by the Corporation at any time and from time to time in accordanc with the provisions of the constitution for the time being i force.

of

corporation.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 7th day of March, 1951.

Deputy Clerk of Councils.