This Act may be cited as The Lady Superior of the Society of Saint Maur (Incorporation) Act 1955.
Act 817
The Lady Superior of the Society of Saint Maur (Incorporation) Act 1955 (Revised - 2019)
Akta the lady superior of the society of saint maur (pemerbadanan) 1955 (disemak - 2019)
An Act to incorporate The Lady Superior of the Society of Saint Maur.
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In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
“Corporation” means The Lady Superior of the Society of Saint Maur as incorporated under section 3;
“holder of the office” means Madame Delebarre generally known as Mother St. Charles who was appointed by the Society of Saint Maur to the office of “The Lady Superior in Penang of the Society of Saint Maur” and includes her successors in office.
(1) The holder of the office of The Lady Superior of the Society of Saint Maur shall be a body corporate by the name of “The Lady Superior of the Society of Saint Maur” and shall have perpetual succession and a common seal.
(2) The Corporation may sue and be sued in its name.
(3) The Corporation may—
(a) enter into contracts;
(b) acquire, purchase, take, hold and enjoy movable and immovable property of every description; and
(c) sell, convey, assign, surrender, yield up, charge, mortgage, demise, reassign, transfer or otherwise dispose of, or deal with any movable or immovable property vested in the Corporation upon such terms as the Corporation thinks fit.
(1) The Corporation shall have a common seal which may be broken, changed, altered and made anew as the Corporation thinks fit.
(2) Until a seal is provided under this section, a stamp bearing the inscription “Lady Superior of the Society of Saint Maur” may be used as the common seal of the Corporation.
(3) No deed, document or other instrument sealed with the seal of the Corporation shall be deemed to be duly sealed unless—
(a) the seal has been affixed in the presence of the holder of the office or her attorney duly authorized by a power of attorney registered under the Powers of Attorney Act 1949 [Act 424]; and
(b) the deed, document or other instrument is signed by the holder of the office or her attorney.
(4) The signing of the deed, document or other instrument shall be sufficient evidence of the due sealing of the deed, document or other instrument.
A notification in the Gazette of the appointment of any person to hold, or act as the holder of the office shall be conclusive evidence that such person was duly appointed.
All movable and immovable property situated in Peninsular Malaysia held, conveyed, assigned, granted, leased, transferred, transmitted to or otherwise vested in the Society of Saint Maur or in the Lady Superior of the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus or in the Lady Superior in Penang of the Society of Saint Maur is vested in the Corporation for the respective estates and interests for which the same is held.
(Revised—2019)
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- Act 817
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The Lady Superior of the Society of Saint Maur (Incorporation) Act 1955 (Revised - 2019) [Act 817] (Laws of Malaysia, lom.agc.gov.my). Retrieved via LawPlayer, https://lawplayer.com/my/act/act-817
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Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).