### Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic Incorporation Ordinance 《聖道明瑪利諾女修會法團條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic Incorporation Ordinance.
(Amended 40 of 1955 s. 2)

2. Incorporation
The Administrator for the time being in Hong Kong of the Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic shall be a corporation sole, hereinafter called the corporation

3. Powers of corporation
(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 situate, and also 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, company or person, 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, or 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. 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 Administrator for the time being in Hong Kong of the Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic, or in the event of her ceasing to hold office as such Administrator, pass to her successor in such office when appointed.
(Amended 40 of 1955 s. 2; 18 of 1975 s. 3)

### Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic Incorporation Ordinance 《聖道明瑪利諾女修會法團條例》

5. Appointment of Administrator
(1) When any person is appointed to the office of Administrator in Hong Kong of the Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic such person shall within 3 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. (Amended 40 of 1955 s. 2; 18 of 1975 s. 3)
(2) 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 32 of 1999 s. 3)

6. Execution of documents
All deeds and other instruments requiring the seal of the corporation shall be sealed in the presence of the said Administrator or her attorney and shall be signed by her or her attorney, and such signing shall be taken as sufficient evidence of the due sealing of such deeds and other instruments and all deeds, instruments and other documents and writings requiring the signature of the corporation shall be signed by such Administrator or her attorney.
(Amended 18 of 1975 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 32 of 1999 s. 3)

### Dominican Missions Ordinance 《道明會條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Dominican Missions Ordinance.
(Amended 5 of 1924 s. 6; 43 of 1912 Schedule)

2. Incorporation of Procurator in Hong Kong for Dominican Missions in the Far East
The procurator in Hong Kong for the Dominican Missions shall be a body corporate, hereinafter called the corporation

3. Use of seal of corporation
All deeds and other instruments requiring the seal of the said corporation shall be sealed in the presence of the said Procurator or his attorney duly authorized, and shall also be signed by him.
(Amended 50 of 1911; 51 of 1911; 62 of 1911 Schedule; 63 of 1911 Schedule)

4. 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.
(Replaced 37 of 1950 Schedule. Amended 33 of 1999 s. 3)

### Diocesan School and Orphanage Incorporation Ordinance 《拔萃學校及孤兒院法團條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Diocesan School and Orphanage Incorporation Ordinance.
(Amended 5 of 1924 s. 6)

2. Incorporation of Chairman of Committee of Diocesan School and Orphanage
The Chairman of the Committee of the Diocesan School and Orphanage shall be a body corporate, and shall have the name of “The Chairman of the Committee of the Diocesan School and Orphanage”, and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and shall and may sue and be sued in all courts, and shall and may have and use a common seal, and the said seal may break, change, alter, and make anew as to the said corporation may seem fit, and the said corporation shall have full 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 on mortgage of any lands, buildings, messuages, or tenements in Hong Kong, or on the mortgages or debentures, stocks, funds, shares, or securities of any corporation or company carrying on business or having an office in Hong Kong, and also to purchase and acquire all manner of goods and chattels whatsoever, and the said corporation is hereby further empowered, by deed under its seal, to grant, sell, convey, assign, surrender and yield up, mortgage, demise, reassign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any lands, buildings, messuages, and tenements, mortgages, debentures, stocks, funds, and securities, goods and chattels, vested in the said corporation on such terms as to the said corporation may seem fit.
(Amended 50 of 1911 s. 4; 1 of 1912 Schedule; 55 of 2000 s. 3)

3. Use of seal of corporation
All deeds, documents, and other instruments requiring the seal of the said corporation shall be sealed therewith in the presence of the Chairman of the Committee or his attorney duly authorized, and shall also be signed by him or his attorney duly authorized, and such signing shall be and be taken as sufficient evidence of the due sealing of such deeds, documents, and other instruments.
(Amended 50 of 1911; 51 of 1911; 1 of 1912 Schedule; 2 of 1912 Schedule)

### Diocesan School and Orphanage Incorporation Ordinance 《拔萃學校及孤兒院法團條例》

4. 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.
(Replaced 37 of 1950 Schedule. Amended 55 of 2000 s. 3)