Is AKTA THE VISITOR IN THE FEDERATION OF MALAYA OF THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS' SCHOOLS (PEMERBADANAN) 1954 (DISEMAK - 2019) still in force?

Yes — AKTA THE VISITOR IN THE FEDERATION OF MALAYA OF THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS' SCHOOLS (PEMERBADANAN) 1954 (DISEMAK - 2019) is currently in force.

When did AKTA THE VISITOR IN THE FEDERATION OF MALAYA OF THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS' SCHOOLS (PEMERBADANAN) 1954 (DISEMAK - 2019) take effect?

AKTA THE VISITOR IN THE FEDERATION OF MALAYA OF THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS' SCHOOLS (PEMERBADANAN) 1954 (DISEMAK - 2019) was first recorded in 1954.

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THE VISITOR IN THE FEDERATION OF MALAYA OF THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS' SCHOOLS (INCORPORATION) ACT 1954 (REVISED - 2019)

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Type: Act
Status: In force
Enacted: 1954
Sections: 40
Languages: EN · MS

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About this act

THE VISITOR IN THE FEDERATION OF MALAYA OF THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS' SCHOOLS (INCORPORATION) ACT 1954 (REVISED - 2019) is Malaysia Act, cited as Act 816 1954, currently marked in force and first recorded in 1954.

Opening note

Preamble

An Act to incorporate The Visitor in the Federation of Malaya of the Christian Brothers’ Schools. [15 September 1954] Short title

Section 1

This Act may be cited as The Visitor in the Federation of

Malaya of the Christian Brothers’ Schools (Incorporation) Act 1954.

Section 2

Interpretation

“Corporation” means The Visitor in the Federation of Malaya of the Christian Brothers’ Schools as incorporated under section 3;

“holder of the office” means Reverend John Kennedy generally known as Brother Barnitus who was appointed by an instrument under the hand and seal of the Superior General of the Society of

Christian Brothers to the office of “The Visitor in the Federation of Malaya of the Christian Brothers’ Schools” and includes his successors in office.

Act 816

Incorporation of The Visitor in the Federation of Malaya of the Christian Brothers’ Schools

Section 3

(1)

The holder of the office of The Visitor in the Federation of

Malaya of the Christian Brothers’ Schools shall be a body corporate by the name of “The Visitor in the Federation of Malaya of the

Christian Brothers’ Schools” and shall have perpetual succession and a common seal.

(2)

The Corporation may sue and be sued in its name.

(3)

The Corporation may—

(a)

enter into contracts;

(b)

acquire, purchase, take, hold and enjoy movable and immovable property of every description; and

(c)

sell, convey, assign, surrender, 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

Section 4

(1)

The Corporation shall have a common seal which may be broken, changed, altered and made anew as the Corporation thinks fit.

(2)

Until a seal is provided under this section, a stamp bearing the inscription “Visitor in the Federation of Malaya of the

Christian Brothers’ Schools” may be used as the common seal of the Corporation.

(3)

No deed, document or other instrument sealed with the seal of the Corporation shall be deemed to be duly sealed unless—

(a)

the seal has been affixed in the presence of the holder of the office or his attorney duly authorized by a power of attorney registered under the Powers of Attorney Act 1949 [Act 424]; and

The Visitor in the Federation of Malaya of the

Christian Brothers’ Schools (Incorporation)

(b)

the deed, document or other instrument is signed by the holder of the office or his attorney.

(4)

The signing of the deed, document or other instrument shall be sufficient evidence of the due sealing of the deed, document or other instrument.

Appointment of holder of the office

Section 5

A notification in the Gazette of the appointment of any person to hold, or act as the holder of the office shall be conclusive evidence that such person was duly appointed.

Section 6

Vesting of property

Malaysia held, conveyed, assigned, granted, leased, transferred, transmitted to or otherwise vested in the Visitor in the Federated

Malay States of the Christian Brothers’ Schools or the Visitor in the Straits Settlements of the Christian Brothers’ Schools is vested in the Corporation for the respective estates and interests for which the same is held.

Act 816

(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. 30

of 1954

The Visitor of the Christian Brothers’ Schools

(Incorporation) Ordinance, 1954

The Visitor in the Federation of Malaya of the

Christian Brothers’ Schools (Incorporation)

Act 816

(Revised—2019)

LIST OF SECTIONS AMENDED

Sections

Amending authority

In force from-NIL-Laws of Malaysia 10

Act 816

(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)

Throughout the

Act

Section 1

Word “Act” substituted for

“Ordinance”

paragraph 6(1)(v)

Section 2

Word “Corporation” substituted for “corporation”

paragraph 6(1)(xv)

Section 3

Shoulder note substituted for marginal note paragraph 6(1)(xxiv)

Effective date

Words “15 September 1954”

substituted for “15th September,

Section 1954

”

paragraph 6(1)(iii)

Preamble

Omitted subparagraph 6(1)(i)(b)

Enacting clause

Omitted subparagraph 6(1)(i)(f)

section 1

The short title “The Visitor in the Federation of Malaya of the Christian Brothers’ Schools

(Incorporation) Act 1954”

substituted for “the Visitor of the Christian Brothers’ Schools

(Incorporation) Ordinance, 1954”

paragraph 6(1)(vi)

Interpretation section

Interpretation section inserted as new section 2

subparagraph 6(1)(iv)(a)

The Visitor in the Federation of Malaya of the

Christian Brothers’ Schools (Incorporation)

Provision

Particulars of amendments

Authority for amendment section 2

Section 1

Renumbered as section 3

paragraph 6(1)(xii)

Section 2

In the shoulder note, words “and powers of the corporation” omitted paragraph 6(1)(xxiv)

subsection 2(1)

Section 1

Words “The holder of the office of the” substituted for

“The said John Kennedy and his successors for the time being in the office of”

paragraphs 6(1)(iii)

and (xv)

Section 2

Words “and shall have perpetual succession and a common seal” transposed from subsection 2(2) with consequential alterations made paragraphs 6(1)(xii),

(xiii)

and (xxiv)

Section 3

Words “, in this Ordinance referred to as “the corporation””

at the end of the section omitted paragraph 6(1)(xxiv)

subsection 2(2)

Section 1

Words “in its name” substituted for “in its said name”

paragraph 6(1)(xxi)

Section 2

Words “common seal”

substituted for “corporate seal”

paragraph 6(1)(iii)

Section 3

Divided and renumbered into subsections 3(1) and

(2)

, paragraph 3(a), and subsections 4(1) and (2) with consequential alterations made paragraphs 6(1)(xii),

(xiii)

and (xxiv)

subsection 2(3)

Section 1

Word “reassign” substituted for “re-assign”

paragraph 6(1)(xv)

Section 2

Words “vested in the

Corporation” substituted for

“vested in the said corporation”

paragraph 6(1)(xxi)

Section 3

Words “as the Corporation thinks fit” substituted for “as to the corporation seems fit”

paragraphs 6(1)(iii)

and (xxi)

Section 4

Renumbered and divided into paragraphs 3(3)(b) and (c)

with consequential alterations made paragraphs 6(1)(xii),

(xiii)

and (xxiv)

section 3

Section 1

Renumbered as section 4

paragraph 6(1)(xii)

Act 816

Provision

Particulars of amendments

Section 2

Authority for amendment

“Common seal” substituted for “Use of corporate seal”

paragraph 6(1)(xxiv)

subsection 3(1)

Section 1

Words “in the presence of the holder of the office”

substituted for “in the presence of the said John Kennedy”

paragraph 6(1)(iii)

Section 2

Words “authorized” substituted for “authorised”

paragraph 6(1)(iii)

Section 3

Words “Powers of Attorney Act 1949 [Act 424]” substituted for “Powers of Attorney

Ordinance, 1949 [No. 64 of 1949]”

paragraph 6(1)(xix)

Section 4

Words “or in the presence of his successor for the time being in his said office of Visitor and duly qualified as aforesaid, and unless such deed, document or other instrument is signed by the said John Kennedy or his attorney or by his successor or his said attorney.” omitted paragraphs 6(1)(xxi)

and (xxiv)

Section 5

Renumbered and divided into paragraphs 4(3)(a) and (b)

with consequential alterations made paragraphs 6(1)(xii),

(xiii)

and (xxiv)

subsection 3(2)

Section 1

Renumbered as subsection 4(4)

paragraph 6(1)(xii)

Section 2

Words “The signing of the deed, document or other instrument shall be sufficient evidence” substituted for

“Such signing shall be taken as sufficient evidence”

paragraph 6(1)(xxi)

section 4

Section 1

Renumbered as section 5

paragraph 6(1)(xii)

Section 2

In the shoulder note, words “of holder of the office” inserted after the word “Appointment”

paragraph 6(1)(xxiv)

Section 3

Words “of any person to hold, or act as the holder of the office” substituted for “of any person to hold, or act in, the office of Visitor in the

Federation of Malaya of the

Christian Brothers’ Schools”

paragraphs 6(1)(iii)

and (xxiv)

The Visitor in the Federation of Malaya of the

Christian Brothers’ Schools (Incorporation)

Provision

Particulars of amendments

Section 4

Authority for amendment

“appointed” omitted paragraph 6(1)(xxi)

section 5

Section 1

Renumbered as section 6

paragraph 6(1)(xii)

Section 2

Words “Peninsular Malaysia”

substituted for “the Federation”

paragraph 6(1)(xvii)

Section 3

Word “heretofore” before the words “held, conveyed”

omitted paragraph 6(1)(xxb)

Section 4

Word “hereby” before the words “vested in the

Section 5

Corporation” omitted paragraph 6(1)(xxi)

paragraph 6(1)(xv)

section 6

Omitted subparagraph 6(1)(i)(aa)

section 7

Omitted subparagraph 6(1)(i)(a)

KUALA LUMPUR

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What is AKTA THE VISITOR IN THE FEDERATION OF MALAYA OF THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS' SCHOOLS (PEMERBADANAN) 1954 (DISEMAK - 2019)?: THE VISITOR IN THE FEDERATION OF MALAYA OF THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS' SCHOOLS (INCORPORATION) ACT 1954 (REVISED - 2019) is Malaysia Act, cited as Act 816 1954, currently marked in force and first recorded in 1954.
Is AKTA THE VISITOR IN THE FEDERATION OF MALAYA OF THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS' SCHOOLS (PEMERBADANAN) 1954 (DISEMAK - 2019) still in force?: Yes — AKTA THE VISITOR IN THE FEDERATION OF MALAYA OF THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS' SCHOOLS (PEMERBADANAN) 1954 (DISEMAK - 2019) is currently in force.
When did AKTA THE VISITOR IN THE FEDERATION OF MALAYA OF THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS' SCHOOLS (PEMERBADANAN) 1954 (DISEMAK - 2019) take effect?: AKTA THE VISITOR IN THE FEDERATION OF MALAYA OF THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS' SCHOOLS (PEMERBADANAN) 1954 (DISEMAK - 2019) was first recorded in 1954.
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