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The Lady Superior of the Society of Saint Maur (Incorporation) Act 1955 (Revised - 2019)

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Enacted: 1955
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(Incorporation)

Act 817

THE LADY SUPERIOR OF THE

SOCIETY OF SAINT MAUR

(INCORPORATION) ACT 1955

(Revised—2019)

REVISED BY

Act 817

Revised up to

… … … … 1 December 2019

Date of publication in the

… … 27 December 2019

Gazette of this revised edition

Date appointed for coming into operation of this revised edition pursuant to paragraph 6(1)(xxiii)

of the Revision of Laws

Act 1968 [Act 1]

… … … … 27 December 2019

First enacted in 1955 as Federation of Malaya Ordinance

No. 7 of 1955

The Lady Superior of the Society of Saint Maur

(Incorporation)

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Opening note

Preamble

An Act to incorporate The Lady Superior of the Society of Saint Maur. [3 March 1955] Short title

Section 1

This Act may be cited as The Lady Superior of the Society of Saint Maur (Incorporation) Act 1955.

Interpretation

Section 2

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

“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

Section 3

Maur

(1)

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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(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 “Lady Superior of the Society of Saint Maur” 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 her attorney duly authorized by a power of attorney registered under the Powers of Attorney Act 1949 [Act 424]; and

(b)

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

The Lady Superior of the Society of Saint Maur

(Incorporation)

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.

Vesting of property

Section 6

All movable and immovable property situated in Peninsular

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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(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. 7

of 1955

The Lady Superior of the Society of Saint Maur

(Incorporation) Ordinance, 1955

The Lady Superior of the Society of Saint Maur

(Incorporation)

Act 817

(Revised—2019)

LIST OF SECTIONS AMENDED

Section

Amending authority

In force from-NIL-Laws of Malaysia 10

Act 817

(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)

Section 4

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)

section 1

Section 1

Words “The Lady” substituted for “the Lady”

paragraph 6(1)(xv)

Section 2

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

Section 1

Renumbered as section 3

paragraph 6(1)(xii)

The Lady Superior of the Society of Saint Maur

(Incorporation)

Provision

Particulars of amendments

Authority for amendment

Section 2

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

subsection 2(1)

Section 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)

Section 2

Word “The” inserted before the words “Lady Superior”

paragraph 6(1)(xv)

Section 3

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

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

subsection 2(2)

Section 1

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

(xiii)

and (xxiv)

Section 2

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

paragraph 6(1)(xxi)

Section 3

Words “common seal”

substituted for “corporate seal”

paragraph 6(1)(iii)

Section 4

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)

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Provision

Particulars of amendments

Authority for amendment section 3

Section 1

Renumbered as section 4

paragraph 6(1)(xii)

Section 2

In the shoulder note, words

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

paragraphs 6(1)(iii) and

(xxi)

subsection 3(1)

Section 1

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

substituted for “in the presence of the said Madame Delebarre”

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 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)

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)

The Lady Superior of the Society of Saint Maur

(Incorporation)

Provision

Particulars of amendments

Section 3

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

(xxiv)

Section 4

Word “so” before the word

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

section 5

Section 1

Renumbered as section 6

paragraph 6(1)(xii)

Section 2

Word “Peninsular Malaysia”

substituted for “the Federation”

paragraph 6(1)(xvii)

Section 3

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

omitted paragraph 6(1)(xxi)

Section 4

Word “hereby” before the words “vested in the

Corporation” omitted paragraph 6(1)(xxi)

Section 5

Words “is held” substituted for “is holden”

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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Common questions

What is The Lady Superior of the Society of Saint Maur (Incorporation) Act 1955 (Revised - 2019)?: 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.
Is The Lady Superior of the Society of Saint Maur (Incorporation) Act 1955 (Revised - 2019) still in force?: Yes — The Lady Superior of the Society of Saint Maur (Incorporation) Act 1955 (Revised - 2019) is currently in force.
When did The Lady Superior of the Society of Saint Maur (Incorporation) Act 1955 (Revised - 2019) take effect?: The Lady Superior of the Society of Saint Maur (Incorporation) Act 1955 (Revised - 2019) was first recorded in 1955.
How many sections does The Lady Superior of the Society of Saint Maur (Incorporation) Act 1955 (Revised - 2019) have?: The Lady Superior of the Society of Saint Maur (Incorporation) Act 1955 (Revised - 2019) contains 43 sections.
Where can I read the official version of The Lady Superior of the Society of Saint Maur (Incorporation) Act 1955 (Revised - 2019)?: The official text of The Lady Superior of the Society of Saint Maur (Incorporation) Act 1955 (Revised - 2019) is published at lom.agc.gov.my.

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