Section 3
of Roman Catholic Bishops (Change of Name and Incorporation) Act 1974
Section 3
The Ordinance is hereby amended by inserting imme-diately after section 4 thereof, the following new section 4a—
erp 4a. (1) The Right Reverend Monseigneur James
Titular Chan the Titular Roman Catholic Bishop of
Rena Melaka Johor and his successors in office shall be
Bishop of a body corporate (hereinafter called “the Melaka
Meare Johor Corporation”) and shall for the purpose of
‘ this: Ordinance have the name of “The Titular
Roman Catholic Bishop of Melaka Johor” and by that name have perpetual succession and shall have and may use a corporate seal which may from time to time be broken, changed, altered and made anew as to the Melaka Johor Corporation seems fit.
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(2)
The Melaka Johor Corporation may acquire, purchase, take, hold and enjoy all movable and immovable property of every description and may sell, convey, assign, surrender and yield up, mortgage, demise, re-assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any movable or immovable property vested in it upon such terms as to such Corporation seems fit and may sue and be sued in respect of such property in any Court.”
4, (1) The Titular Roman Catholic Archbishop of
Singapore Malacca as incorporated under section 2 of the
Ordinance otherwise called the Singapore Malacca Cor-poration for the purpose of the Ordinance in whom is vested all movable and immovable property situated in
Johor and Melaka belonging to the Singapore Malacca
Corporation immediately before the commencement of this
Act is hereby divested of all such movable and immovable property and all estates rights and interests therein.
(2)
All movable and immovable property referred to in subsection (1) and all estates rights and interests therein are hereby vested in the Melaka Johor Corporation for the respective estates rights and interests for which the same are held and the Melaka Johor Corporation shall have full power to deal with the said property.
Quoted provision
Section 5
Section 5 of the Ordinance is hereby amended by substituting for subsection (1), the following new subsection i
“(1) The expression ‘successors in office’ shall be deemed to include either an Administrator Apostolic or a Vicar Capitular of the Dioceses of Kuala Lumpur,
Penang and Melaka Johor from the time when the office of the Titular Roman Catholic Archbishop of
Kuala Lumpur, the office of the Titular Roman Catholic
Bishop of Penang or the office of the Titular Roman
Catholic Bishop of Melaka Johor becomes vacant by the resignation, absence or death of the holder of such office for the time being until the formal assumption of office by his successor.”.
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properties.
Amendment of section 5,
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amendment 6, There shall be substituted for section 8 of the Ordinance of section’. the following new section 8—
Minor and consequen-tial amend-ments,
Repeal of sections 2
and 6.
“Notii: 8, A notification in the Gazette of the appoint-cation.
ment of any person to exercise the office of the
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Penang or the
Roman Catholic Bishop of Melaka Johor or of the Administrator Apostolic or Vicar Capitular of the Diocese of Kuala Lumpur, or of the
Diocese of Penang or of the Diocese of Melaka
Johor, as the case may be, shall be conclusive evidence that such person was duly authorised to exercise the said office.”.
Quoted provision
Section 7
The amendments specified in the Schedule which are minor and consequential shall have effect.
Quoted provision
Section 8
Sections 2 and 6 of the Ordinance are hereby repealed.
Provisions amended
Section 7