Society of Saint Maur Incorporation Ordinance 1923

Society of Saint Maur
Incorporation Ordinance 1923

2020 REVISED EDITION

This revised edition incorporates all amendments up to and including 1 December 2021 and comes into operation on 31 December 2021

An Ordinance to incorporate The Lady Superior in Penang of the Society of Saint Maur.

[20 July 1923]

Whereas many years ago the Society of Saint Maur established branches in the Straits Settlements at George Town in Prince of Wales Island, now commonly called Penang, at Singapore and at Malacca, and in connection with each of such branches founded and carried on therewith educational and charitable institutions respectively known in Penang as “The Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus in Penang”, in Singapore as “The Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus in Singapore”, and in Malacca as “The Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus in Malacca”:

And whereas the Society appointed a Lady Superior to have charge of each of such educational and charitable institutions:

And whereas by Ordinance No. 192 (Penang Convent) the Lady Superior in Penang of the Society of St. Maur and her successors for the time being holding such office, were incorporated by the name of “The Lady Superior of the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus in Penang”, and the property belonging to the Society of Saint Maur in Penang was vested in the corporation so established:

And whereas it has been considered expedient to repeal Ordinance No. 192 (Penang Convent) in order inter alia that the whole of the property of the Society of Saint Maur in the Straits Settlements may be vested in and held by one person:

And whereas the present holder of the office of the Lady Superior in Penang of the Society of Saint Maur is Euphrasie Labordenave, who was appointed by the Society of Saint Maur to such office:

It is hereby enacted by the Governor of the Straits Settlements with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof as follows:

Short Title

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Society of Saint Maur Incorporation Ordinance 1923.

The Lady Superior in Penang of the Society of Saint Maur to be a body corporate

2. The said Euphrasie Labordenave and her successors for the time being in the office of Lady Superior in Penang of the Society of Saint Maur appointed for Singapore and duly qualified as hereinafter provided shall be a body corporate (hereinafter called “the Corporation”), and shall have perpetual succession under the name of “The Lady Superior of the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus”.

[Act 7 of 2024 wef 25/03/2024]

Qualification of successor

3. No successor of the said Euphrasie Labordenave in the office of Lady Superior in Penang of the Society of Saint Maur appointed for Singapore shall be deemed to be qualified as such successor unless and until her appointment as such Lady Superior has been notified to the Minister, and the same has been approved by him, and unless and until a notification of such approval has appeared in the Gazette.

[Act 7 of 2024 wef 25/03/2024]

Evidence of appointment of successor

4. A notification in the Gazette of the approval of an appointment of a person as Lady Superior in Penang of the Society of Saint Maur for Singapore shall be sufficient evidence that such person was duly appointed as such Lady Superior and is duly qualified as by this Ordinance is required.

[Act 7 of 2024 wef 25/03/2024]

Corporate seal

5.—(1) The Corporation may have and use a corporate seal which may from time to time be broken, changed, altered and made anew as to the Corporation seems fit.

(2) All deeds, documents or other instruments requiring to be sealed with the seal of the Corporation shall be deemed to be duly sealed if such seal be affixed in the presence of the said Euphrasie Labordenave or other the Lady Superior in Penang of the Society of Saint Maur appointed for Singapore for the time being, or by her attorney duly authorised by a Power of Attorney deposited under section 48 of the Conveyancing and Law of Property Act 1886, and if each such deed, document or other instrument be signed by the said Euphrasie Labordenave or her successor for Singapore or her attorney so authorised as aforesaid, and such signing shall be and be taken as sufficient evidence that the seal of the Corporation was duly and properly affixed, and that the same is the lawful seal of the Corporation.

[Act 7 of 2024 wef 25/03/2024]

Powers of suing and being sued

(3) The Corporation may sue and be sued in respect of its property or otherwise in all Courts of Justice.

Powers of Corporation relative to property

(4) The Corporation may acquire, purchase, take, hold and enjoy movable and immovable property of every description, and may sell, exchange, convey, assign, surrender and yield up, mortgage, demise, re-assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any movable or immovable property so acquired, purchased, taken or held or otherwise vested in the Corporation upon such terms as to the Corporation shall seem fit.

6. [Repealed by Act 7 of 2024 wef 25/03/2024]

Saving provision relating to change of name

7.—(1) As from the date of publication in the Gazette of the Society of Saint Maur Incorporation (Amendment) Act 2024, any reference in any written law or document to the Corporation by the name “The Lady Superior of the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus in Penang” is to be read as a reference to the Corporation by the name “The Lady Superior of the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus”.

(2) The change of name of the Corporation from “The Lady Superior of the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus in Penang” to “The Lady Superior of the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus” does not affect the identity of the Corporation or any rights or obligations of the Corporation or render defective any legal proceedings by or against the Corporation, and any legal proceedings that might have been continued or commenced by or against it by its former name may be continued or commenced by or against it by its new name.

[Act 7 of 2024 wef 25/03/2024]

Saving of Government and other rights

8. Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect the rights of the Government or of any body politic or corporate or of any other persons except such as are mentioned in this Ordinance and those claiming by, through, from or under them.

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FIRST SCHEDULE

[Deleted by Act 7 of 2024 wef 25/03/2024]

SECOND SCHEDULE

[Deleted by Act 7 of 2024 wef 25/03/2024]

THIRD SCHEDULE

[Deleted by Act 7 of 2024 wef 25/03/2024]

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY

Society of Saint Maur Incorporation Ordinance 1923

This Legislative History is a service provided by the Law Revision Commission on a best-efforts basis. It is not part of the Act.

Pictorial Overview of Predecessor Acts

Legislative History Details

PART 1
ORDINANCE NO. 192
(PENANG CONVENT)
(1920 REVISED EDITION)

Ordinance V of 1907—The Penang Convent Incorporation Ordinance 1907

Bill

G.N. No. 1220/1906

First Reading

14 December 1906

Second Reading

2 January 1907

Third Reading

22 March 1907

Commencement

22 March 1907

1920 Revised Edition—Ordinance No. 192 (Penang Convent)

Operation

28 November 1921

PART 2
SOCIETY OF SAINT MAUR INCORPORATION ORDINANCE 1923
(2020 REVISED EDITION)

Ordinance 12 of 1923—Society of Saint Maur Incorporation Ordinance, 1923

Bill

G.N. No. 112/1923

First Reading

23 April 1923

Second Reading

28 May 1923

Third Reading

25 June 1923

Commencement

7 July 1923 (assent)

20 July 1923 (publication)

1926 Revised Edition—Ordinance No. 225 (Society of Saint Maur Incorporation)

Operation

1 August 1926

1936 Revised Edition—Society of Saint Maur Incorporation Ordinance (Chapter 262)

Operation

1 September 1936

1955 Revised Edition—Society of Saint Maur Incorporation Ordinance (Chapter 322)

Operation

1 July 1956

Ordinance 72 of 1959—Transfer of Powers (No. 2) Ordinance, 1959

(Amendments made by section 2 read with the First Schedule to the above Ordinance)

Bill

31/1959

First Reading

22 September 1959

Second Reading

11 November 1959

Notice of Amendments

11 November 1959

Third Reading

11 November 1959

Commencement

20 November 1959 (section 2 read with the First Schedule)

G.N. No. S 222/1985—Metrication (Society of Saint Maur Incorporation Ordinance) Order 1985

Commencement

23 August 1985

1985 Revised Edition—Society of Saint Maur Incorporation Ordinance (Chapter 381)

Operation

30 March 1987

10.

Act 7 of 1997—Statutes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1997

(Amendments made by section 6 read with item (34) of the First Schedule to the above Act)

Bill

6/1997

First Reading

11 July 1997

Second and Third Readings

25 August 1997

Commencement

1 October 1997 (section 6 read with item (34) of the First Schedule)

11.

2020 Revised Edition—Society of Saint Maur
Incorporation Ordinance 1923

Operation

31 December 2021

12.

Act 7 of 2024—Society of Saint Maur Incorporation (Amendment) Act 2024

(Amendments made by the above Act)

Bill

28/2023

First Reading

3 August 2023

Second and Third Readings

6 February 2024

Commencement

25 March 2024

Abbreviations

(updated on 29 August 2022)

G.N.

Gazette Notification

G.N. Sp.

Gazette Notification (Special Supplement)

L.A.

Legislative Assembly

L.N.

Legal Notification (Federal/Malaysian)

Malaya/Malaysia (including Federated Malay States, Malayan Union, Federation of Malaya and Federation of Malaysia)

Parl.

Parliament

Subsidiary Legislation

S.I.

Statutory Instrument (United Kingdom)

S (N.S.)

Subsidiary Legislation (New Series)

S.S.G.G.

Straits Settlements Government Gazette

S.S.G.G. (E)

Straits Settlements Government Gazette (Extraordinary)