Roman Catholic Bishops (Incorporation) Act 1957

The Kuala Lumpur Corporation may acquire, purchase, take, hold and enjoy 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 deems fit and may sue and be sued in respect of such property in any

Court.

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All immovable property that immediately before 15 March 1974 were vested in the Titular Roman Catholic Bishop of Kuala

Lumpur shall on that day vest in the Titular Roman Catholic

Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur.

The change of name provided by this section shall not affect any rights or obligations of the Titular Roman Catholic Bishop of

Kuala Lumpur or render defective any legal proceedings by or against it; and any legal proceedings that could have been continued or commenced by or against it prior to that day may be continued or commenced under its new name.

[Act 131, s. 2—in force from 15-03-1974]

The Penang Corporation may acquire, purchase, take, hold and enjoy 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 deems fit and may sue and be sued in respect of such property in any

Court.

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Incorporation of the Titular Roman Catholic Bishop of Malacca

The Malacca Johore 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 deems fit and may sue and be sued in respect of such property in any Court.

All movable and immovable property referred to in subsection

and all estates rights and interests therein are hereby vested in the

Malacca Johore Corporation for the respective estates rights and interests for which the same are held and the Malacca Johore

Corporation shall have full power to deal with the said property.

[Act 131, s. 4—in force from 15-03-1974]

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There shall not be in any one Diocese concurrent holders of any two of the offices of Archbishop or Bishop, as the case may be, and Administrator Apostolic or Vicar Capitular; and any power of attorney given by any one of them shall cease to be valid when the donor of the power of attorney ceases to administer the affairs of the

Diocese concerned.

All deeds, documents and other instruments requiring the seal of the Penang Corporation shall be sealed with the seal of the

Penang Corporation in the presence of the Titular Roman Catholic

Bishop of Penang for the time being or when the Bishopric is vacant in the presence of the Administrator Apostolic or Vicar Capitular of the Diocese of Penang, as the case may be, or the attorney of any one

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of them duly authorized by a power of attorney a true copy or an office copy of which has been deposited pursuant to section 4 of the

Powers of Attorney Act 1949, and shall be signed by the said Bishop or by the Administrator Apostolic or Vicar Capitular, as the case may be, or the attorney of any one of them as aforesaid.

All deeds, documents and other instruments requiring the seal of the Malacca Johore Corporation shall be sealed with the seal of the Malacca Johore Corporation in the presence of the Titular

Roman Catholic Bishop of Malacca Johore for the time being or when the Bishopric is vacant in the presence of the Administrator

Apostolic or Vicar Capitular of the Diocese of Malacca Johore, as the case may be, or the attorney of any one of them duly authorized by a power of attorney a true copy or an office copy of which has been deposited pursuant to section 4 of the Powers of Attorney Act 1949, and shall also be signed by the said Bishop or by the Administrator

Apostolic or Vicar Capitular, as the case may be, or the attorney or any one of them as aforesaid.

Such signing shall be and be taken as sufficient evidence that the said seal was duly and properly affixed and that the same is the lawful seal of the Kuala Lumpur Corporation, the Penang Corporation or the Malacca Johore Corporation, as the case may be.

The Penang Corporation shall have an office in Malaysia the address of which shall be the Cathedral of the Assumption, Penang.

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The Malacca Johore Corporation shall have an office in

Malaysia the address of which shall be the Cathedral of the Immaculate

Conception, Johore Bahru.