Section 1
This Act may be cited as The Lady Superior of the Society of Saint Maur (Incorporation) Act 1955.
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THE LADY SUPERIOR OF THE SOCIETY OF SAINT MAUR (INCORPORATION) ACT 1955 (REVISED - 2019) is Malaysia Act, cited as Act 817 1955, currently marked in force and first recorded in 1955.
Opening note
This Act may be cited as The Lady Superior of the Society of Saint Maur (Incorporation) Act 1955.
Interpretation
“Corporation” means The Lady Superior of the Society of Saint
Maur as incorporated under section 3;
“holder of the office” means Madame Delebarre generally known as Mother St. Charles who was appointed by the Society of Saint Maur to the office of “The Lady Superior in Penang of the Society of Saint Maur” and includes her successors in office.
Incorporation of The Lady Superior of the Society of Saint
Maur
The holder of the office of The Lady Superior of the
Society of Saint Maur shall be a body corporate by the name of “The Lady Superior of the Society of Saint Maur” and shall have perpetual succession and a common seal.
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acquire, purchase, take, hold and enjoy movable and immovable property of every description; and
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
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 “Lady Superior of the Society of Saint Maur” may be used as the common seal of the Corporation.
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 the holder of the office or her attorney 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 the holder of the office 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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Appointment of holder of the office
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.
Vesting of property
Malaysia held, conveyed, assigned, granted, leased, transferred, transmitted to or otherwise vested in the Society of Saint Maur or in the Lady Superior of the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus or in the Lady Superior in Penang of the Society of Saint Maur is vested in the Corporation for the respective estates and interests for which the same is held.
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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
F.M. Ord. No. 7
of 1955
The Lady Superior of the Society of Saint Maur
(Incorporation) Ordinance, 1955
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(Revised—2019)
LIST OF SECTIONS AMENDED
Section
Amending authority
In force from-NIL-Laws of Malaysia 10
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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]
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
Word “Act” substituted for
“Ordinance”
paragraph 6(1)(v)
Word “Corporation” substituted for “corporation”
paragraph 6(1)(xv)
Shoulder note substituted for marginal note paragraph 6(1)(xxiv)
Full stop at the end of shoulder notes omitted paragraph 6(1)(xvi)
Effective date
Words “3 March 1955” substituted for “3rd March, 1955.”
paragraph 6(1)(iii)
Preamble
Omitted subparagraph 6(1)(i)(b)
Enacting clause
Omitted subparagraph 6(1)(i)(f)
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Words “The Lady” substituted for “the Lady”
paragraph 6(1)(xv)
Comma before the word “1955”
omitted paragraph 6(1)(xvi)
Interpretation section
Interpretation section inserted as new section 2
subparagraph 6(1)(iv)(a)
section 2
Renumbered as section 3
paragraph 6(1)(xii)
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Provision
Particulars of amendments
Authority for amendment
subsection 2(1)
Words “The holder of the office” substituted for “The said Madame Delebarre and her successors for the time being in the office”
paragraph 6(1)(iii)
Word “The” inserted before the words “Lady Superior”
paragraph 6(1)(xv)
Words “, in this Ordinance referred to as “the corporation””
at the end of the section omitted paragraph 6(1)(xxi)
subsection 2(2)
Words “and shall have perpetual succession and a corporate seal” transposed from subsection 2(2) with consequential alterations made paragraphs 6(1)(xii),
Words “in its name” substituted for “in its said name”
paragraph 6(1)(xxi)
Words “common seal”
substituted for “corporate seal”
paragraph 6(1)(iii)
Divided and renumbered into subsections 3(1) and
, paragraph 3(a), and subsections 4(1) and (2) with consequential alterations made paragraphs 6(1)(xii),
Word “reassign” substituted for “re-assign”
paragraph 6(1)(xv)
Words “vested in the
Corporation” substituted for
“vested in the said corporation”
paragraph 6(1)(xxi)
Words “as the Corporation thinks fit” substituted for “as to the corporation seems fit”
paragraphs 6(1)(iii) and
Renumbered and divided into paragraphs 3(3)(b) and (c)
with consequential alterations made paragraphs 6(1)(xii),
and (xxiv)
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Provision
Particulars of amendments
Authority for amendment section 3
Renumbered as section 4
paragraph 6(1)(xii)
In the shoulder note, words
“Common seal” substituted for “Use of corporate seal”
paragraphs 6(1)(iii) and
Words “in the presence of the holder of the office”
substituted for “in the presence of the said Madame Delebarre”
paragraph 6(1)(iii)
Words “authorized” substituted for “authorised”
paragraph 6(1)(iii)
Words “Powers of Attorney Act 1949 [Act 424]” substituted for “Powers of Attorney
Ordinance, 1949 [No. 64 of 1949]”
paragraph 6(1)(xix)
Words “or in the presence of her successor for the time being in her said office of Lady
Superior and duly qualified as aforesaid, and unless such deed, document or other instrument is signed by the said Madame Delebarre or her attorney or by her successor or her said attorney.” omitted paragraphs 6(1)(xxi)
and (xxiv)
Renumbered and divided into paragraphs 4(3)(a) and (b)
with consequential alterations made paragraphs 6(1)(xii),
Renumbered as subsection 4(4)
paragraph 6(1)(xii)
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
Renumbered as section 5
paragraph 6(1)(xii)
In the shoulder note, words “of holder of the office” inserted after the word “Appointment”
paragraph 6(1)(xxiv)
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Provision
Particulars of amendments
Authority for amendment
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 Lady Superior of Society of Saint Maur”
paragraphs 6(1)(iii) and
Word “so” before the word
“appointed” omitted paragraph 6(1)(xxi)
section 5
Renumbered as section 6
paragraph 6(1)(xii)
Word “Peninsular Malaysia”
substituted for “the Federation”
paragraph 6(1)(xvii)
Word “heretofore” before the words “held, conveyed”
omitted paragraph 6(1)(xxi)
Word “hereby” before the words “vested in the
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)
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