Section 1
This Act may be cited as the Daughters of Charity of the
Canossian Institute (Incorporation) Act 1957.
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THE DAUGHTERS OF CHARITY OF THE CANOSSIAN INSTITUTE (INCORPORATION) ACT 1957 (REVISED - 2019) is Malaysia Act, cited as Act 819 1957, currently marked in force and first recorded in 1957.
Opening note
This Act may be cited as the Daughters of Charity of the
Canossian Institute (Incorporation) Act 1957.
Interpretation
“Corporation” means the Mother Superior of the Society of the Daughters of Charity of the Canossian Institute (Malaya) as incorporated under section 3;
“successors in office” includes the First Assistant of the Society of the Daughters of Charity of the Canossian Institute in Peninsular
Malaysia from the time when the office of Mother Superior of the
Society becomes vacant by the resignation or death of the holder of the office of the Mother Superior until the formal assumption of office by a successor.
Act 819
Incorporation of the Mother Superior of the Daughters of
Charity of the Canossian Institute in the Peninsular Malaysia
The Reverend Maria Drago, the Mother Superior of the
Society of the Daughters of Charity of the Canossian Institute in the Federation of Malaya and her successors in office shall be a body corporate by the name of “The Mother Superior of the
Daughters of Charity of the Canossian Institute (Malaya)” and shall have perpetual succession.
acquire, purchase, take, hold and enjoy movable and immovable property of every description upon such terms as the Corporation thinks fit; and
sell, convey, assign, exchange, surrender, yield up, mortgage, demise, reassign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any movable or immovable property vested in the Corporation upon such terms as the Corporation thinks fit.
Common seal
The Corporation shall have a common seal which may be broken, changed, altered and made anew as the Corporation thinks fit.
No deed, document or other instrument requiring the seal of the Corporation shall be deemed to be duly sealed unless—
the seal has been affixed in the presence of Maria Drago or her attorney duly authorized by a power of attorney registered under the Powers of Attorney Act 1949
[Act 424] or in the presence of her successor in office; and
the deed, document or other instrument is signed by Maria
Drago or her attorney or her successor in office or her attorney.
The Daughters of Charity of the Canossian
Institute (Incorporation)
The signing of the deed, document or other instrument shall be sufficient evidence of the due sealing of the deed, document or other instrument.
Notification of appointment of Mother Superior
A notification in the Gazette of the appointment of any person to hold or act in the office of the Mother Superior of the
Daughters of Charity of the Canossian Institute (Malaya) shall be conclusive evidence that such person was duly so appointed.
Vesting of property
All immovable property in Peninsular Malaysia held, conveyed, assigned, granted, leased, transferred, transmitted to or otherwise vested in the Mother Superior of the Daughters of Charity of the Canossian Institute (Singapore), the Rev. M. Vittoria Garre
Lady Superior of the Canossian Institute or the Institute of the
Canossian Daughters of Charity is vested in the Corporation for the respective estates and interests for which the property is held.
Corporation to have office in Peninsular Malaysia
The Corporation shall have an office in Peninsular Malaysia the address of which shall be the Sacred Heart Convent, Bandar
Hilir Road, Malacca.
Act 819
Act 819
(Revised—2019)
Particulars under paragraphs 7(ii) and (iii) of the
Revision of Laws Act 1968 [Act 1]
LIST OF AMENDMENTS
Amending law
Short title
In force from-NIL-LIST OF LAWS OR PARTS THEREOF SUPERSEDED
No.
Title
F.M. Ord. No. 33
of 1957
The Daughters of Charity of the Canossian Institute
(Incorporation) Ordinance, 1957
The Daughters of Charity of the Canossian
Institute (Incorporation)
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Act 819
(Revised—2019)
LIST OF SECTIONS AMENDED
Section
Amending authority
In force from-NIL-Laws of Malaysia 10
Act 819
Act 819
(Revised—2019)
LIST OF AMENDMENTS MADE BY THE COMMISSIONER OF
LAW REVISION UNDER SECTION 6 OF THE REVISION OF
LAWS ACT 1968 [ACT 1]
Provision
Particulars of amendments
Authority for amendment
Table of contents
Table of contents under the heading “ARRANGEMENT OF
SECTIONS” inserted paragraph 6(1)(vii)
Form of Royal
Assent
Omitted paragraph 6(1)(xxiv)
Throughout the
Act
Word “Act” substituted for
“Ordinance”
paragraph 6(1)(v)
Shoulder notes substituted for marginal notes paragraph 6(1)(xxiv)
Full stop at the end of the shoulder notes omitted paragraph 6(1)(xvi)
Words “Peninsular Malaysia”
substituted for “Federation paragraph 6(1)(xvii)
Long title
Word “The” substituted for “the” paragraph 6(1)(xv)
Effective date
Words “15 August 1957” substituted for “15th August, 1957”
paragraph 6(1)(iii)
Preamble
Omitted subparagraph 6(1)(i)(b)
Enacting clause
Omitted subparagraph 6(1)(i)(f)
section 1
Comma before the word “1957”
omitted paragraph 6(1)(xvi)
Interpretation section
Interpretation section inserted as new section 2
subparagraph 6(1)(iv)(a)
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Institute (Incorporation)
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Provision
Particulars of amendments
Authority for amendment
Definition of
“Corporation”
Rearranged and transposed as new interpretation of “Corporation”
from subsection 2(1) with consequential alterations made paragraphs 6(1)(xii),
and (xxiv)
Definition of
“successors in office”
Rearranged and transposed as new interpretation of “successor in office” from subsection 2(2) with consequential alterations made paragraphs 6(1)(xii),
Renumbered as section 3
paragraph 6(1)(xii)
In the shoulder note, word
“The” before the words
“Mother Superior” substituted for “the”
paragraph 6(1)(xxiv)
subsection 2(1)
Words ‘ in this Ordinance r e f e r r e d t o a s “ t h e
Corporation” ’ at the end of subsection 2(1) omitted paragraph 6(1)(xxi)
Words “and shall have perpetual succession” transposed from subsection 2(3) with consequential alterations made and inserted after the word
“(Malaya)”
paragraphs 6(1)(xiii)
and (xxiv)
subsection 2(2)
Rearranged and transposed as new interpretation of “successor in office” with consequential alterations made paragraphs 6(1)(xii),
and (xxiv)
subsection 2(3)
Renumbered and divided into subsection 3(2), paragraph 3(3)(a)
and subsection 4(1) with consequential alterations made paragraphs 6(1)(xii),
and (xxiv)
subsection 2(4)
Renumbered, rearranged and divided into paragraphs 3(3)(b)
and (c) with consequential alterations made paragraphs 6(1)(xii),
Renumbered as section 4 with consequential alterations made paragraph 6(1)(xii)
In the shoulder note, words
“Common seal” substituted for “Execution of documents”
paragraph 6(1)(xxiv)
Act 819
Provision
Particulars of amendments
Authority for amendment subsection 3(1)
Renumbered and divided into paragraphs 4(2)(a) and (b) with consequential alterations made paragraphs 6(1)(xii),
and (xxiv)
subsection 3(2)
Renumbered as subsection 4(3)
with consequential alterations made paragraphs 6(1)(xii) and
Renumbered as section 5
paragraph 6(1)(xii)
Word “the” inserted after the words “office of”
paragraphs 6(1)(xv) and
Renumbered as section 6
paragraph 6(1)(xii)
In the shoulder note, words “in the Corporation” omitted paragraph 6(1)(xxiv)
Words “heretofore” omitted paragraph 6(1)(xxi)
Word “are” substituted for
“is hereby”
paragraph 6(1)(xv)
Word “property” substituted for “same”
paragraph 6(1)(xxiv)
Word “held” substituted for
“holden”
paragraph 6(1)(xv)
section 6
Renumbered as section 7
paragraph 6(1)(vii)
Word “Bandar” substituted for “Banda”
paragraph 6(1) (xvii)
section 7
Omitted subparagraph 6(1)(i)(aa)
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