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(3) When any other person is appointed to the office of President, Commissioner, or Honorary Treasurer, of the Boy Scouts Association, Hong Kong Branch, such person shall, within six weeks after his appointment or within such further time as may be allowed by the Governor, furnish to the Governor satisfactory evidence of his appointment.

(4) A notification in the Gazette under the hand of the Colonial Secretary that such evidence has been furnished to the Governor by such person shall be conclusive evidence of such appointment.

10. -(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section Powers of (2), the corporation shall have power to acquire, accept corporation. leases of, purchase, take, hold and enjoy any lands, buildings, messuages or tenements of what nature or kind soever and wheresoever situated, and also to in- vest moneys upon mortgage of any lands, buildings, messuages or tenements, or upon the mortgages, de- bentures, stocks, funds, shares or securities of any government, municipality, corporation or company, and also to purchase, acquire and possess vessels, goods and chattels of what nature and kind soever.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-section (1), 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.

(3) The corporation shall further have power by deed under its seal to grant, sell, convey, assign, sur- render, exchange, partition, yield up, mortgage, demise, re-assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any lands, buildings, messuages, tenements, mortgages, debentures, stocks. funds, shares or securities, vessels, goods or chattels, which are for the time being vested in or be- longing to the corporation upon such terms as to the corporation may seem fit.

11. All vessels, goods and chattels, and all rights, Vesting of which immediately before the commencement of this property and Ordinance belonged to or were vested in the members rights.

of the unincorporated Boy Scouts Association, Hong Kong Branch, as such, or in any person in trust for or on behalf of such members, are hereby transferred to and vested in the corporation.

12. All deeds and other instruments requiring the Execution of

documents. seal of the corporation shall be sealed in the presence of, and shall be signed by, the President for the time being and the Commissioner for the time being, and all- instruments requiring the signature of the corporation shall be signed by such President and Commissioner,

13. All matters of internal management shall be Internal settled and carried out in accordance with the constitu- management. tion byelaws and rules of the Boy Scouts Association, and with any byelaws or rules made by the Hong Kong

Branch thereof.

certain other

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