| To provide for the incorporation of The St. Stephen's Girls' College Council. [3 May 1968] (Originally 19 of 1968) Cap 1121 s 1 Short title This Ordinance may be cited as The St. Stephen's Girls' College Council Incorporation Ordinance. Cap 1121 s 2 Interpretation In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires- "constitution" (章程) means the constitution of The St. Stephen's Girls' College Council approved from time to time by its members for the time being in accordance with the constitution for the time being in operation; "corporation" (法团) means the body incorporated by section 3. Cap 1121 s 3 Incorporation Remarks: Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 55 of 2000 s. 3 The St. Stephen's Girls' College Council shall be a body corporate, and shall have the name "The St. Stephen's Girls' College Council" and in that name shall have perpetual succession and may sue and be sued in all courts in Hong Kong and shall have and may use a common seal. (Amended 55 of 2000 s. 3) Cap 1121 s 4 Power of corporation Remarks: Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 55 of 2000 s. 3 The corporation shall have full power- (a) to manage, administer and operate St. Stephen's Girls' College; (b) to acquire, accept leases of, purchase, take or otherwise hold and enjoy any land, buildings, messuages or tenements of what nature or kind soever and wheresoever situate; (Amended 74 of 1974 s. 3) (c) to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, goods and chattels of any kind or description; (d) to invest moneys on deposit in any bank in Hong Kong or elsewhere or in any Hong Kong or other government bonds or on mortgage of any land, buildings, messuages or tenements in Hong Kong, or in or on debentures, debenture-stocks, stocks, funds, shares or securities of any corporation or company carrying on business in Hong Kong or elsewhere; (Amended 55 of 2000 s. 3) (e) to grant, sell, convey, assign, surrender, yield up, mortgage, demise, let, reassign, transfer or otherwise dispose of, any land, buildings, messuages, tenements, mortgages, debentures, debenture-stocks, stocks, funds, securities, vessels, goods and chattels for the time being vested in the corporation, upon such terms as the corporation may deem fit; (f) to erect any buildings, messuages or tenements and effect any improvement thereto; (g) to borrow money upon such terms as the corporation shall think fit, and to raise money by public or private subscriptions; (h) generally to do such other things as may appear to be incidental or conducive to the aims and objects of the corporation as provided by its constitution for the time being or for carrying into effect the provisions of this Ordinance. Cap 1121 s 5 Vesting of property On the commencement of this Ordinance the corporation shall succeed to all the property, rights, privileges, obligations and liabilities of the unincorporated The St. Stephen's Girls' College Council. Cap 1121 s 6 Members The corporation shall consist of such members as shall be provided by its constitution. Cap 1121 s 7 Existing members to become members All the existing members of the unincorporated The St. Stephen's Girls' College Council shall be the first members of the corporation. Cap 1121 s 8 Existing constitution to become constitution of the corporation The existing constitution of the unincorporated The St. Stephen's Girls' College Council shall be the constitution of the corporation: Provided that the same may be changed or amended by the corporation from time to time in the manner provided by the constitution for the time being in operation. Cap 1121 s 9 Registration with Registrar of Companies (1) The corporation shall forward to the Registrar of Companies for registration the following- (a) notice of the address of the registered office of the corporation and any change thereto; (b) a copy of the constitution and any amendment thereto, certified as correct by the chairman of the corporation; (c) a list of the names and addresses of the members of the corporation and any change therein, certified as correct by the chairman of the corporation; and (d) the name and address of any person appointed under section 10 to sign deeds, documents and other instruments and any change therein, certified correct by the chairman of the corporation.(2) Notification in accordance with subsection (1) shall be made within twenty-eight days or in the case of any amendment, change or appointment, within twenty-eight days of such amendment, change or appointment, as the case may be. (3) Any person may inspect any of the documents registered under this section, upon payment of such fee as may be prescribed under section 305 of the Companies Ordinance (Cap 32) for the inspection of a document. (4) The corporation shall pay such fee for registering any document under this section as is specified in the Eighth Schedule to the Companies Ordinance (Cap 32), as if the corporation were a company not having a share capital. |
