1956-HKRS28-8-23_Part01 — Page 10

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3. The members of The Hong Kong Society for the Blind shall be a body corporate, hereinafter called the corporation, and shall have the name "The Hong Kong Society for the Blind" 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 corpora- tion may deem fit.

4. The corporation shall have full power-

(a) to establish, operate, manage or maintain such homes, clinics and other institutions for the blind and/or for the curing and prevention of blindness as it may think fit:

(b) to acquire, accept Icases of, purchase, take or otherwise hold and enjoy any lands, buildings, messuages or tenements of what nature or kind soever and wheresoever situate:

Provided that the corporation shall not acquire any immovable property in the Colony unless it shall have previously obtained the special consent of the Governor in Council in each case;

(e) to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, 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 any land, buildings, messunges 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, mortgage, demise. let. reassign, Transfer or otherwise dispose of, any land, or buildings, messunges, tene- ments, mortgages, debentures, debenture-stocks, funds, securities, vessels, goods and chattels for the time being vested in the corporation, upon such terms as the corporation may deem fit;

() to crect 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 purposes 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 Society for the Blind are hereby transferred to and vested in the corporation and the corporation shall become liable for the debts and Habilities of the said The Hong Kong Society for the Blind.

6. The corporation shall consist of such members as shall Members. be provided by its constitution.

7. All the existing members of the unincorporated The Existing Hong Kong Society for the Blind at the date of the passing of members

to becoma this Ordinance shall be the first members of the corporation. members.

8. The existing constitution of the unincorporated The Existing Hong Kong Society for the Blind shall be the constitution of constite

tion the corporation, but the same may be changed or amended at to become any time and from time to time in accordance with its provisions tion of fur the time being in force.

constitu-

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9. (0) The corporation shall forward to the Registrar of Registra Companies for registration the following-

tion with Registrar of Com.

(a) notice of the address of the registered office of the panies.

corporation and any change thereto;

(b) a copy of the constitution and any amendment thereto, certified as correct by the Chairman of the Council;

(c) a list of the names and addresses of the members of the Council, and any change therein, certified as correct by the Chairman of the Council; and

(d) the name and address of any person appointed under section to to sign deeds, documents and other instru-

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