Section 1
This Act may be cited as The Superior of the Institute of the
Franciscan Missionaries of Mary (Incorporation) Act 1957.
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THE SUPERIOR OF THE INSTITUTE OF THE FRANCISCAN MISSIONARIES OF MARY (INCORPORATION) ACT 1957 (REVISED - 2019) is Malaysia Act, cited as Act 820 1957, currently marked in force and first recorded in 1957.
Opening note
This Act may be cited as The Superior of the Institute of the
Franciscan Missionaries of Mary (Incorporation) Act 1957.
Interpretation
means The Superior of the Institute of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary as incorporated under section 3.
Incorporation of The Superior of the Institute of the Franciscan
Missionaries of Mary
Marguerite Goudchaux generally known as Mother Miriam de 1’Annonciation who was appointed to the office of the Superior of the Assunta Convent and her successors in the office of the
Superior of the Assunta Convent shall be a body corporate by the name of “The Superior of the Institute of the Franciscan
Missionaries of Mary” and shall have perpetual succession and a corporate seal.
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, surrender and 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.
Common seal
The Corporation shall have a common seal which may be broken, changed, altered and made anew as the Corporation thinks fit.
Until a seal is provided under this section, a stamp bearing the inscription “Superior of the Institute of the Franciscan
Missionaries of Mary” may be used as the common seal.
No deed, document or other instrument sealed with the seal of the Corporation shall be deemed to be duly sealed unless—
the seal has been affixed in the presence of Marguerite
Goudchaux or her attorney duly authorized by a power of attorney registered under the Power of Attorney Act 1949 [Act 424] or in the presence of her successor in office of the Superior of the Assunta Convent; and
the deed, document or other instrument is signed by
Marguerite Goudchaux or her attorney or by her successor or her attorney.
The signing of the deed, document or other instrument shall be sufficient evidence of the due sealing of the deed, document or other instrument.
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Missionaries of Mary (Incorporation)
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Notification of appointment of Superior of the Assunta Convent
A notification in the Gazette of the appointment of any person to hold or act in the office of the Superior of the Assunta
Convent shall be conclusive evidence that such person was duly so appointed.
Vesting of property
Malaysia held, for and by, conveyed, assigned, granted, leased, transferred, transmitted to or otherwise vested in the Institute of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, the Superior of the Convent of Our Lady of the Angels or the Superior of the Assunta Convent is vested in the Corporation for the respective estates and interests for which the property is held.
Act 820
Act 820
(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. 39
of 1957
The Superior of the Institute of the Franciscan
Missionaries of Mary (Incorporation) Ordinance, 1957
The Superior of the Institute of the Franciscan
Missionaries of Mary (Incorporation)
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Act 820
(Revised—2019)
LIST OF SECTIONS AMENDED
Section
Amending authority
In force from-NIL-Laws of Malaysia 10
Act 820
Act 820
(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)
Word “Corporation” substituted for “corporation”
paragraph 6(1)(xv)
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
Word “The” substituted for
“the”
paragraph 6(1)(xvii)
Comma before the word “1957”
omitted paragraph 6(1)(xvi)
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Missionaries of Mary (Incorporation)
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Provision
Particulars of amendments
Authority for amendment
Interpretation section
Interpretation section inserted as new section 2
subparagraph 6(1)(iv)(a)
Definition of
“Corporation”
Rearranged and transposed as new interpretation of “Corporation”
from subsection 2(1) with consequential alterations made paragraphs 6(1)(xii),
Renumbered as section 3
paragraph 6(1)(xii)
In the shoulder note, words
“Incorporation of The
Superior of the Institute of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary” substituted for
“Incorporation and powers of the Superior”
paragraph 6(1)(xxiv)
subsection 2(1)
Renumbered as subsection 3(1)
with consequential alterations made paragraphs 6(1)(iii)
and (xiii)
Word “The said” omitted paragraph 6(1)(xxi)
Word “generally known as Mother Miriam de 1’Annonciation who was appointed to the office of the Superior of the Assunta
Convent and her successors in the office of the Superior of the
Assunta Convent” substituted for “and her successors for the time being in the office of Superior of the Assunta
Convent”
paragraph 6(1)(xxiv)
Words “and shall have perpetual succession and a corporate seal” transposed from subsection 2(2)
paragraphs 6(1)(xiii)
and (xxiv)
subsection 2(2)
Renumbered and divided into subsection 3(2), paragraph 3(3)(a)
and subsections 4(1) and (2) with consequential alterations made paragraphs 6(1)(xii),
and (xxiv)
subsection 2(3)
Renumbered and divided into paragraphs 3(3)(b) and (c) with consequential alterations made paragraphs 6(1)(xii),
and (xxiv)
Act 820
Provision
Particulars of amendments
Authority for amendment section 3
Renumbered as section 4 with consequential alterations made paragraph 6(1)(xii)
In the shoulder note, words
“Common seal” substituted for “Use of corporate seal”
paragraph 6(1)(xxiv)
subsection 3(1)
Renumbered and divided into paragraphs 4(3)(a) and (b) with consequential alterations made paragraphs 6(1)(xii),
and (xxiv)
section 3(2)
Renumbered as subsection 4(4)
with consequential alterations made paragraph 6(1)(xii)
section 4
Renumbered as section 5
paragraph 6(1)(xii)
In the shoulder note, words
“Notification of appointment of Superior of the Assunta
Convent” substituted for the word “Appointment”
paragraph 6(1)(xxiv)
Comma after the word “hold”
and “in” omitted paragraph 6(1)(xvi)
section 5
Renumbered as section 6
paragraph 6(1)(xii)
Words “Peninsular Malaysia”
substituted for “the Federation”
paragraph 6(1)(xvii)
Word “heretofore” omitted paragraph 6(1)(xxi)
Words “of the Franciscan
Missionaries of Mary,”
inserted after the words “the
Institute”
paragraph 6(1)(iii)
Words “or in” before the words “the Superior of the
Convent” omitted paragraph 6(1)(xxi)
“the Superior of the Assunta
Convent” omitted paragraph 6(1)(xxi)
Word “property” substituted for “same”
paragraph 6(1)(xv)
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Provision
Particulars of amendments
Authority for amendment
“holden”
paragraph 6(1)(xv)
section 6
Omitted subparagraph 6(1)(i)(aa)