Incorpora-
tion.
Powers of
corpora- tion,
3. The members of The Hong Kong Christian Council shall be a body corporate, hereinafter called the corporation, and shall have the name "The Hong Kong Christian Council" 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 common seal, and may from time to time, break, change, alter and make anew the said seal as the corporation may deem fit.
4. The corporation shall have full power-
(a) to operate, manage and maintain such cemeteries as the corporation shall be permitted by law to operate, manage or maintain;
(B) to acquire, accept leases of, purchase, take, or otherwise hold and enjoy any lands, buildings, messuages or tene- ments of what nature or kind soever and wheresoever situate t
Provided that the carporation shall got acquire any immovable property in the Colorry unless it shall have previously obtained the special consent of the Governor in Council in each casez
(c) to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, vessels, goods and
chattels of what nature or kind soever;
(d) to invest moneys on deposit in any bank in the Colony or in any government bonds or on mortgage of kind,
any buildings, messuages or tenements in the Colony, or in or on debentures, debenture-stocks, stocks, funds, shares or securities of any corporation or company carrying on business in the Colony;
(e) to grant, sell, convey, assign, surrender, yield up, mort- gage, demise, let, reassign, transfer or otherwise dispose of, any land, or buildings, messuages, tenements, mort- gages, debentures, debenture-stocks, funds, securities, vessel, goods and chattels for the time being vested in the corporation, upon such terms as the corporation may deem fit;
to erect any buildings, messuages or tenements and effect any improvement thereto;
(g) to borrow money upon such terms as the corporation shall think fit, and to raise money by public or private subscription; and
(h) generally to do such other things as may appear to be incidental or conducive to the aims and objects of the corporation as provided by its constitution, or the pur- poses aforesaid or any of them.
5. On the coming into operation of this Ordinance all Vesting of moneys, securities for money, goods, chattels, and effects what property. soever belonging to The Hong Kong Christian Council are hereby transferred to and vested in the corporation and the corporation shall become liable to the debts and liabilities of the said Hong Kong Christian Council,
6. The corporation shall consist of such members as shall Members. be provided by its constitution.
7. All the existing members of the unincorporated Hong Existing Kong Christian Council at the date of the passing of this Ordinance shall be the first members of the corporation.
membere to become members.
constitu-
a. The existing constitution of the unincorporated Hong Existing Kong Christian Council shall be the constitution of the corpora- tion to tion, but the same may be changed or amended at any time and become from time to time in accordance with its provisions for the time tion of being in force.
constitu-
corpora- tien.
9. (1) The corporation shall forward to the Registrar of Registra- Lion with Companies for registration the following-
Registrar
panies.
(a) notice of the address of the registered office of the of Com
corporation and any change thereto;
(b) a copy of the constitution and any amendment thereto, certified as correct by the Chairman of the corporation; (c) a list of the names and addresses of the members of the Executive Committee of the corporation, and any change therein, cortified as correct by the Chairman; and
(d) the name and address of any person appointed under section to to sign deeds, documents and other instru-
ments.
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