CAP. 267]
Originally
4 of 1925. Fraser
4 of 1925.
Short title.
Incorporation.
Powers of corporation.
Property transferred to corporation to pass to successors.
Bishop of Victoria Incorporation.
CHAPTER 267.
BISHOP OF VICTORIA INCORPORATION.
To provide for the incorporation of the Bishop of Victoria
in the Colony of Hong Kong.
[6th March, 1925.]
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Bishop of Victoria Incorporation Ordinance.
2. The Bishop of Victoria in the Colony of Hong Kong, and his successors in the said office of Bishop, shall be a corporation sole, hereinafter called the corporation, and shall have the name of "The Bishop of Victoria, Hong Kong", 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 an official seal.
3. (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 wheresoever situated, and also to invest moneys upon mortgage of any lands, buildings, messuages or tenements, or upon the mortgages, debentures, stocks, funds, shares or securities of any government, municipality, corporation or company, and also to purchase, acquire and possess vessels and other goods and chattels of what nature and kind soever.
(2) The corporation shall further have power by deed under its seal to grant, sell, convey, assign, surrender, exchange, partition, yield up, mortgage, demise, reassign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any lands, buildings, messuages, tenements, mortgages, debentures, stocks, funds, shares or securities, vessels, or other goods and chattels, which are for the time being vested in or belonging to the corporation, upon such terms as to the corporation may seem fit.
4. The legal estate in any property whatsoever, transferred to the corporation in any manner whatsoever, shall, in the event of the death of the Bishop of Victoria for the time being or in the event of his ceasing to hold office as such Bishop pass to his successor in such office when appointed.
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CAP. 267]
Originally
4 of 1925. Fraser
4 of 1925.
Short title.
Incorporation.
Powers of corporation.
Property transferred to corporation to pass to successors.
Bishop of Victoria Incorporation.
CHAPTER 267.
BISHOP OF VICTORIA INCORPORATION.
To provide for the incorporation of the Bishop of Victoria
in the Colony of Hong Kong.
[6th March, 1925.]
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Bishop of Victoria Incorporation Ordinance.
2. The Bishop of Victoria in the Colony of Hong Kong, and his successors in the said office of Bishop, shall be a corporation sole, hereinafter called the corporation, and shall have the name of "The Bishop of Victoria, Hong Kong", 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 an official seal.
3. (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 wheresoever situated, and also to invest moneys upon mortgage of any lands, buildings, messuages or tene- ments, or upon the mortgages, debentures, stocks, funds, shares or securities of any government, municipality, cor- poration or company, and also to purchase, acquire and possess vessels and other goods and chattels of what nature and kind soever.
(2) The corporation shall further have power by deed under its seal to grant, sell, convey, assign, surrender, exchange, partition, yield up, mortgage, demise, reassign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any lands, buildings, messuages, tenements, mortgages, debentures, stocks, funds, shares or securities, vessels, or other goods and chattels, which are for the time being vested in or belonging to the corporation, upon such terms as to the corporation may seem fit.
4. The legal estate in any property whatsoever, trans- ferred to the corporation in any manner whatsoever, shall, in the event of the death of the Bishop of Victoria for the time being or in the event of his ceasing to hold office as such Bishop pass to his successor in such office when appointed.
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