Cap. 1039 《安貧小姊妹會法團條例》Petites Sœurs des Pauvres, St. Pern, Bretagne, Incorporation Ordinance
生效中To provide for the incorporation of the Mother Superior in Hong Kong of the Society of the Petites Sœurs des Pauvres, St. Pern, Bretagne, commonly known as The Little Sisters of the Poor.
(Amended 33 of 1999 s. 3)
[22 May 1925]
(Format changes—E.R. 2 of 2023)
1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Petites Sœurs des Pauvres, St. Pern, Bretagne, Incorporation Ordinance.
2. Incorporation of the Mother Superior in Hong Kong of the Society of the Petites Sœurs des Pauvres, St. Pern, Bretagne
The Mother Superior for the time being in Hong Kong of the Society of the Petites Sœurs des Pauvres, St. Pern, Bretagne, shall be a corporation sole, hereinafter called the corporation, and shall have the name of “The Mother Superior of the Petites Sœurs des Pauvres, St. Pern, Bretagne”, and by that name shall and may sue and be sued in all courts in Hong Kong and shall and may have and use a common seal.
(Amended 33 of 1999 s. 3)
3. Powers of corporation
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 situate in Hong Kong, 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 goods and chattels of what nature and kind soever. (Amended 33 of 1999 s. 3)
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, or other goods and chattels whatsoever, which are for the time being vested in or belonging to the corporation, upon such terms as to the corporation may seem fit.
4. Property transferred to corporation to pass to successors
The legal estate in any property whatsoever, transferred to the corporation in any manner whatsoever, shall, in the event of the death of the Mother Superior for the time being or in the event of her ceasing to hold office as such Mother Superior, pass to her successor in such office when appointed.
5. Execution of documents
All deeds and other instruments requiring the seal of the corporation shall be sealed in the presence of the person who is for the time being Mother Superior in Hong Kong of the corporation or of her attorney duly authorized and such deeds and instruments and all other documents, instruments and writings requiring the signature of the corporation shall be signed by such Mother Superior or her attorney.
(Amended 33 of 1999 s. 3)
6. Appointment of Mother Superior
Whenever any person is appointed to the office of Mother Superior in Hong Kong of the corporation, such person shall, within three weeks after her appointment or within such further time as may be allowed by the Chief Executive, furnish to the Chief Executive satisfactory evidence of her appointment.
A notification in the Gazette under the hand of the Chief Secretary for Administration that such evidence has been furnished to the Chief Executive by such person shall be conclusive evidence of such appointment. (Amended L.N. 226 of 1976; L.N. 242 of 1994; L.N. 362 of 1997)
(Amended 33 of 1939; G.N. 840 of 1940 Supp. Schedule; 33 of 1999 s. 3)
7. Saving
Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect or be deemed to affect the rights of the Central Authorities or the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region under the Basic Law and other laws, or the rights of any body politic or corporate or of any other persons except such as are mentioned in this Ordinance and those claiming by, from or under them.
(Amended 33 of 1999 s. 3)