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Incorpora-

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Powers of the cor- poration.

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3. (1) The executive committee of the hospital and their successors in office shall be a body corporate, hereinafter referred to as the corporation, and shall have the name of "The Executive Committee of The Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital" and in that name shall have perpetual succession and shall and may sue and be sued in all courts in the Colony and shall and may have and use a commun seal.

(2) The members of the executive committee shall be appointed in accordance with the constitution and shall for the periods of their respective appointments be members of the corporation upon notice of their appointment, and where such appointment is made to replace a retiring member of the executive committee, upon, in addition, notice of such retirement being filed with the Registrar of Companies. Any such notice shall be signed by two of the continuing or retiring, members and shall be sealed with the common seal of the corporation.

(3) The executive committee on incorporation shall consist of the persons holding such office at the date of the Ordinance coming into operation.

A. (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 where- soever situate in this Colony, and also to invest moneys upon mortgage of any lands, buildings, debentures, stocks, funds, shares or securities of any corporation or company, and also to purchase and acquire all goods and chattels of what nature or kind soever.

(2) The corporation shall further have power to grant, sell, convey, assign, surrender, exchange, partition, yield up, mortgage, demise, reassign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any lands, buildings, messuages or tenements, mortgages, debentures, stocks, securities, goods and chattels vested in the corporation on such terms as to the corporation may seem fit: Provided that the powers of direction conferred by this section shall anly be exercised for the purpose of endowing, supporting, maintaining, carrying on or otherwise promoting the work of the corporation as specified in the articles of constitution.

5. All deeds, documents and other instruments requiring Seal. the seal of the corporation shall be scaled with its common seal in the presence of two members of the executive committee and shall also be signed by them and such signing shall be taken as sufficient prima facie evidence of the due sealing of such deeds, documents and other instruments.

B. All matters of internal management of the hospital Internal including any amendment of the constitution shall be settled ment.

and carried out in accordance with the constitution.

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7. Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect or be deemed Saving. to affect the rights of Her Majesty the Queen, Her Heirs or Successors, or the rights of any body politic or corporate or of any other person except such as are mentioned in this Ordinance and those claiming by, from or under them.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 16th day of June, 1954.

(Secretariat 11/3231/54)

سكرا

Deputy Clerk of Councils.