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This Act may be cited as the Superior of the Institute of the
Congregation of the Brothers of Mercy (Incorporation) Act 1972.
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Superior of the Institute of the Congregation of the Brothers of Mercy (Incorporation) Act 1972 is Malaysia Act, cited as Act 86 1972, currently marked in force and first recorded in 1972.
OF THE CONGREGATION OF
THE BROTHERS OF MERCY
Incorporating all amendments up to 1 January 2006 2006
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Date of Royal Assent
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26 September 1972
Date of publication in the Gazette
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30 September 1972
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1994
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1999
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Section 1.
Short title 2.
Incorporation and powers of the Superior 3.
Use of corporate seal 4.
Appointment 5.
Vesting of property of Institute 6.
Saving of His Majesty the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and other rights
Act 86
Opening note
Opening note
This Act may be cited as the Superior of the Institute of the
Congregation of the Brothers of Mercy (Incorporation) Act 1972.
Incorporation and powers of the Superior
The office of Superior of the Institute of the Congregation of the Brothers of Mercy shall be a body corporate by the name of “The Superior of the Institute of the Congregation of the Brothers of Mercy” (in this Act referred to as “the Corporation”).
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The Corporation may enter into contracts and may sue and be sued in its name and shall have perpetual succession and a corporate seal, and the said seal may, from time to time, be broken, changed, altered and made anew as the Corporation seems fit, and until a seal is provided under this section a stamp bearing the inscription “Superior of the Institute of the Congregation of the Brothers of Mercy” may be used as the corporate seal.
The Corporation may acquire, purchase, take, hold and enjoy movable and immovable property of every description and may 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 said
Corporation upon such terms as to the Corporation seems fit.
Use of corporate seal
No deed, document or other instrument sealed with the seal of the Corporation shall be deemed to be duly sealed unless such seal has been affixed in the presence of the person for the time being holding or acting in the office of Superior of the
Institute of the Congregation of the Brothers of Mercy or his attorney duly authorized by a power of attorney registered under the Powers of Attorney Act 1949 [Act 424], and unless such deed, document or other instrument is signed by such person.
Such signing shall be taken as sufficient evidence of the due sealing of such deed, document or other instrument.
Appointment
A notification in the Gazette of the appointment of any person to hold or act in the office of Superior of the said Institute shall be conclusive evidence that such person was duly so appointed.
Vesting of property of Institute
All movable and immovable property situated in Malaysia heretofore held, for and by, conveyed, assigned, granted, leased, transferred, transmitted to or otherwise vested in the Institute is hereby vested in the Corporation for the respective estates and interests for which the same is holden.
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Saving of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and other rights
Nothing in this Act shall affect the rights of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the Rulers and the Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Penang,
Malacca, Sabah and Sarawak, of all bodies politic and corporate and of all others, except such as are mentioned in this Act, and those claiming by, from or under them.
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Act 86
LIST OF AMENDMENTS
Amending law
Short title
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LIST OF SECTIONS AMENDED
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