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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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