Section 1
This Act may be cited as the Redemptorist Fathers (Incorporation)
Act 1962.
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REDEMPTORIST FATHERS (INCORPORATION) ACT 1962 is Malaysia Act, cited as Act 781 1962, currently marked in force and first recorded in 1962.
Opening note
This Act may be cited as the Redemptorist Fathers (Incorporation)
Act 1962.
Interpretation
“Corporation” means the body incorporated under the name of
“Titular Superior of the Redemptorist Fathers in the Federation of Malaya” by this Act.
Incorporation of the Titular Superior of the Redemptorist Fathers in the Federation of Malaya and powers of the Corporation
The Reverend Father Gregory Dobson, the Titular Superior of the Redemptorist Fathers in the Peninsular Malaysia and his successors for the time being in office shall be a body corporate by the name of “Titular Superior of the Redemptorist Fathers in the Federation of Malaya” and shall have perpetual succession.
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The Corporation may sue and be sued in its name and do all other matters and things incidental or appertaining to a body corporate.
acquire, purchase, take hold and enjoy movable and immovable property of every description; and
convey, transfer, assign, surrender and yield up, charge, mortgage, demise, reassign 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.
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 Reverend
Father Gregory Dobson or of his successor in office, as the case may be, or of the attorney of either of them, duly authorized by a power of attorney registered under the Powers of Attorney Act 1949 [Act 424]; and
the deed, document or other instrument is signed by
Reverend Father Gregory Dobson or his successor or by the attorney of either of them.
The signing of the deed, document or other instrument shall be sufficient evidence of the due sealing of such deed, document or other instruments.
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Notification of appointment of Titular Superior
A notification in the Gazette of the appointment of any person to hold, or act in, the office of the Corporation shall be conclusive evidence that such person was duly so appointed.
Vesting of property
On the coming into force of this Act, all property belonging to the Titular Superior of the Redemptorist Fathers in the Federation of Malaya, whether held in the name of the Titular Superior or in the name or names of any person or persons in trust of him, shall be vested in the Corporation.
The property referred to in subsection (1) together with all after-acquired property movable or immovable, all subscriptions, contributions, donations, fines, amounts of loans and advances received or to be received shall be held by the Corporation for the purposes of this Act and subject to the rules for the time being of the Corporation.
Payment of debts and liabilities
All debts and liabilities of the Titular Superior of the
Redemptorist Fathers existing at the time of the coming into force of this Act shall be paid by the Corporation.
All debts due to and subscriptions and contributions payable to the Titular Superior shall be paid to the Corporation for the purposes of this Act.
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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
Act No. 16 of 1962
Redemptorist Fathers (Incorporation) Act 1962
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LIST OF SECTIONS AMENDED
Section
Amending authority
In force from-NIL-
_____________
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LIST OF AMENDMENTS MADE BY THE COMMISSIONER OF
LAW REVISION UNDER SECTION 6 OF THE REVISION OF
LAWS ACT 1968 [ACT 1]
Provisions
Particulars of amendments
Authority for amendment
Table of contents
Table of contents under the heading “ARRANGEMENT
OF SECTIONS” inserted paragraph 6(1)(vii)
Throughout the
Act
Shoulder notes substituted for marginal notes paragraphs 6(1)(iii) and
Full stop at the end of the shoulder notes omitted paragraph 6(1)(xvi)
Title of the Act
Comma after the word “Act”
omitted paragraph 6(1)(xvi)
Effective date
Words “9 June 1962”
substituted for “9th June,
”
paragraphs 6(1)(iii) and
Enacting clause
Omitted subparagraph 6(1)(i)(f)
section 1
Comma after the word “Act”
omitted paragraph 6(1)(xvi)
section 2
Comma inserted after the word “Act”
paragraph 6(1)(xvi)
In the definition of “the
Corporation”—
a. w o r d
“ t h e ”
before the word
“ C o r p o r a t i o n ”
omitted paragraphs 6(1)(iii) and
b. w o r d s
“ t h e provisions of”
omitted paragraph 6(1)(xxi)
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Provisions
Particulars of amendments
Authority for amendment section 3
Renumbered and divided into subsections (1), (2) and (3)
with consequential alterations made paragraphs 6(1)(xii), (xiii),
, (xvii) and (xxiv)
section 4
In the shoulder notes, word
“Common seal” substituted for “Use of corporate seal”
paragraph 6(1)(iii)
subsection 4(1)
Word “which” substituted for “, and such seal”
paragraph 6(1)(xxi)
Words “from time to time”
omitted paragraph 6(1)(xxi)
Word “to” omitted paragraph 6(1)(xxi)
Word “thinks” substituted for “seems”
paragraph 6(1)(iii)
paragraph 4(2)(a) 1. Word “the” substituted for
“such” before the word
“seal”
paragraph 6(1)(iii)
Word “Act” substituted for “Ordinance”
paragraph 6(1)(xix)
Words “[Act 424]” inserted after words “1949”
paragraph 6(1)(iii)
paragraph 4(2)(b)
Word “the” substituted for
“such” before the word
“deed”
paragraph 6(1)(iii)
Words “the said” omitted paragraph 6(1)(xxi)
subsection 4(3)
Word “The” substituted for “Such”
paragraph 6(1)(iii)
Words “of the deed, d o c u m e n t o r o t h e r instrument” inserted after the word “signing”
paragraph 6(1)(xxiv)
Word “taken as” omitted paragraph 6(1)(xxi)
section 5
In the shoulder note, words “Notification of appointment of Titular
Superior” substituted for
“Appointment”
paragraphs 6(1)(iii)
Word “the” inserted before the words “Titular
Superior”
paragraph 6(1)(iii)
Word “Corporation”
substituted for “Titular
S u p e r i o r o f t h e
Redemptorist Fathers on the Federation of Malaya”
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Provisions
Particulars of amendments
Authority for amendment section 6
Divided into subsections 6(1)
and (2) with consequential alterations made paragraphs 6(1)(xii), (xiii),
and (xxiv)
section 7
Renumbered and divided into subsections (1) and (2) with consequential alterations made paragraphs 6(1)(xiii), (xvi)
and (xxiv)
section 8
Omitted subparagraph 6(1)(i)(aa)
and paragraph (xxb)
Date of Royal
Assent
Omitted paragraph 6(1)(xxiv)
KUALA LUMPUR
WJW006877 25-07-2016