Bishop of Borneo (Incorporation) Act

This Act may be cited as the Bishop of Borneo (In-corporation) Act.

The lawful holder for the time being of the office of Bishop of Borneo is hereby constitut~d a body corporate, under the name of the Bishop of Borne·o, hereinafter called the corporation.

The corporation for the purposes of this Act may sue and be sued in its said name and shall have perpetual succession and a corporate seal.

The corporation may acquire, purchase, take, hold and enjoy movable and immovable property of every de-scription and may surrender and yield up, charge, lease, sub-lease, re-assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of, or deal with, any movable or immovable property vested in the corporation upon such terms as to the corporation seems fit.

All immovable property situated in Brunei and here-tofore conveyed or assigned to or vested in the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel or the Bishop of Labuan and

Sarawak, whether with or without the name of the ecclesias-tic for the time being holding that office, is hereby vested in the corporation for the respective estates and interests for which the same is held.

Short title

Bishop of

Borneo to be a body corporate

Powers of corporation

Any deed, document or other instruments, the opera-Documents tion of which has not lapsed or been discharged prior to the date of commencement of this Act and in which appears the

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Use of corpo-rate seal

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Amendment of written laws

Notification of appoint-ment

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Bishop of Borneo (Incorporation)

name of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel or of the Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak shall be read and con-strued as if there were substituted therefor the corporate name of the Bishop of Borneo.

All deeds, documents and other instruments requir-ing the seal of the corporation shall be sealed with the seal of the corporation in the presence of the Bishop of Borneo for the time being or his attorney duly authorised by a pow-er of attorney deposited under section 3 of the Powers of

Attorney Act, and shall also be signed by the said Bishop for the time being or his attorney so authorised as aforesaid, and such signing shall be sufficient evidence that the said seal was duly and properly affixed and that the same is the lawful seal of the corporation.

"Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak" shall be read and con-strued as if there were substituted therefor the words

A notification by the Minister of the appoint-ment of any person to exercise the office of Bishop of Bor-neo shall be conclustve evidence that such person was duly authorised to exerciSe the said office in Brunei.

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