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English Bahasa Malaysia

Enacted: 1957
Sections: 27
Languages: EN · MS

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(Incorporation)

Act 818

THE OVERSEAS

MISSIONARY FELLOWSHIP

(Revised—2019)

REVISED BY

Act 818

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 1957 as Federation of Malaya Ordinance

No. 22 of 1957

The Overseas Missionary Fellowship

(Incorporation)

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Opening note

Preamble

An Act to incorporate the Overseas Missionary Fellowship. [1 July 1957] Short title

Section 1

This Act may be cited as The Overseas Missionary Fellowship

(Incorporation) Act 1957.

Interpretation

Section 2

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

“Corporation” means The Overseas Missionary Fellowship as incorporated under section 3;

“holder of the office” means John Morris Rockness, George

Percival Moore and George Alexander Williamson being respectively the Secretary, the Southern Field Superintendent and the Northern

Field Superintendent, who were appointed to the office of “The

Overseas Missionary Fellowship” and includes their successors in office.

Section 3

Incorporation of The Overseas Missionary Fellowship

(1)

The holder of the office of the Corporation shall for all purposes be a body corporate by the name of “The Overseas

Missionary Fellowship” and shall have perpetual succession.

(2)

The Corporation may sue and be sued in its name.

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(3)

The Corporation may—

(a)

enter into contracts;

(b)

acquire by purchase, gift, devise, bequest or otherwise;

and hold movable and immovable property of every description and any interest in the property so acquired by the Corporation; and

(c)

sell, convey, transfer, assign, demise, lease, surrender, exchange, partition, charge, mortgage or otherwise dispose of or deal with any movable or immovable property so acquired by the Corporation.

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 “The Overseas Missionary Fellowship” may be used as the common seal of the Corporation.

(3)

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

Corporation in the presence of the Secretary of The Overseas

Missionary Fellowship, who shall append his signature to the deeds, documents and other instruments and shall be countersigned by either of the Superintendents mentioned in subsection 3(1).

(4)

The signing shall be sufficient evidence that the seal was duly and properly affixed and that the seal is the lawful seal of the Corporation.

Corporation to have office in Peninsular Malaysia

Section 5

The Corporation shall have an office in Peninsular Malaysia the address of which shall be notified to the Minister for Health and Social Welfare, particulars of which shall be published in the Gazette.

The Overseas Missionary Fellowship

(Incorporation)

Act 818

(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. 22

of 1957

The Overseas Missionary Fellowship (Incorporation)

Ordinance, 1957

Act 818

(Revised—2019)

LIST OF SECTIONS AMENDED

Section

Amending authority

In force from-NIL-The Overseas Missionary Fellowship

(Incorporation)

Act 818

(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)

Form of Royal

Assent

Omitted paragraph 6(1)(xxiv)

Throughout the

Act

Section 1

Word “Act” substituted for

“Ordinance”

paragraph 6(1)(v)

Section 2

Shoulder notes substituted for marginal notes paragraph 6(1)(xxiv)

Section 3

Full stop at the end of shoulder notes omitted paragraph 6(1)(xvi)

Section 4

Word “Corporation” substituted for “corporation”

paragraph 6(1)(xv)

Effective date

Words “1 July 1957” substituted for “1st July, 1957.”

paragraph 6(1)(iii)

Preamble

Omitted subparagraph 6(1)(i)(b)

Enacting clause

Omitted subparagraph 6(1)(i)(f)

section 1

Section 1

Word “The” substituted for

“the”

paragraph 6(1)(xv)

Section 2

Comma before the word “1957”

omitted paragraph 6(1)(xvi)

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Provision

Particulars of amendments

Authority for amendment

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)

Section 2

In the shoulder note, words

“of The Overseas Missionary

Fellowship” inserted after the word “Incorporation”

paragraph 6(1)(xxiv)

subsection 2(1)

Section 1

Words “The holder of the office of the Corporation”

substituted for “The said John

Morris Rockness, George

Percival Moore and George

Alexander Williamson being respectively the Secretary, the

Southern Field Superintendent and the Northern Field

Superintendent, and their successors for the time being in office in the association known as the Overseas Missionary

Fellowship”

paragraphs 6(1)(iii)

and (xv)

Section 2

Words “and shall have perpetual succession” transposed from subsection 2(2) with consequential alterations made and inserted after the words

“The Overseas Missionary

Fellowship”

paragraphs 6(1)(xiii)

and (xxiv)

subsection 2(2)

Section 1

Word “Corporation” substituted for the words “said body corporate (hereinafter referred to as “the corporation”)”

paragraph 6(1)(xxi)

Section 2

Word “common” substituted for “corporate”

paragraph 6(1)(iii)

subsection 2(3)

Section 1

Renumbered and divided into subsection 3(2) and paragraph 3(3)(a) 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)

The Overseas Missionary Fellowship

(Incorporation)

Provision

Particulars of amendments

Authority for amendment subsection 2(4)

Renumbered, divided and transposed to subsections 4(1) and

(2)

with consequential alterations made paragraphs 6(1)(xii),

(xiii)

and (xxiv)

subsection 2(5)

Section 1

Renumbered and divided into paragraphs 3(3)(b) and (c)

with consequential alterations made paragraphs 6(1)(xii),

(xiii)

and (xxiv)

Section 2

Word “in the property”

substituted for “therein”

paragraph 6(1)(xxi)

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”

paragraph 6(1)(xxiv)

subsections 3(1)

and (2)

Renumbered as subsections 4(3) and (4) with consequential alterations made paragraphs 6(1)(xii)

and (xxiv)

section 4

Section 1

Renumbered as section 5

paragraph 6(1)(xii)

Section 2

In the shoulder note, words

“Corporation to have office in Peninsular Malaysia”

substituted for the word

“Address and office”

paragraph 6(1)(xxiv)

Section 3

Words “Peninsular Malaysia”

substituted for “the Federation”

paragraph 6(1)(xvii)

Section 4

Word “published” substituted for “inserted”

paragraph 6(1)(xxiv)

section 5

Omitted subparagraph 6(1)(i)(aa)

KUALA LUMPUR

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Common questions

What is The Overseas Missionary Fellowship (Incorporation) Act 1957 (Revised - 2019)?: The Overseas Missionary Fellowship (Incorporation) Act 1957 (Revised - 2019) is Malaysia Act, cited as Act 818 1957, currently marked in force and first recorded in 1957.
Is The Overseas Missionary Fellowship (Incorporation) Act 1957 (Revised - 2019) still in force?: Yes — The Overseas Missionary Fellowship (Incorporation) Act 1957 (Revised - 2019) is currently in force.
When did The Overseas Missionary Fellowship (Incorporation) Act 1957 (Revised - 2019) take effect?: The Overseas Missionary Fellowship (Incorporation) Act 1957 (Revised - 2019) was first recorded in 1957.
How many sections does The Overseas Missionary Fellowship (Incorporation) Act 1957 (Revised - 2019) have?: The Overseas Missionary Fellowship (Incorporation) Act 1957 (Revised - 2019) contains 27 sections.
Where can I read the official version of The Overseas Missionary Fellowship (Incorporation) Act 1957 (Revised - 2019)?: The official text of The Overseas Missionary Fellowship (Incorporation) Act 1957 (Revised - 2019) is published at lom.agc.gov.my.

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