Christian Brothers’ Schools Visitor Ordinance 1915

The said James Joseph Byrne and his successors for the time being in the office of Visitor in the Straits Settlements of the Christian Brothers’ Schools duly qualified as hereinafter provided shall be a body corporate, hereinafter called the Corporation, and shall for the purposes of this Ordinance have the name of “The Visitor in the Straits Settlements of the Christian Brothers’ Schools”, and by that name have and use a corporate seal.

The said seal may from time to time be broken, changed, altered and made anew as to the Corporation seems fit.

The 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 the Corporation upon such terms as to the Corporation seem fit.

No person shall be deemed to be duly qualified as aforesaid unless and until he has first, with the approval of the Minister signified under his hand and seal, caused the power of attorney or other instrument constituting him such Visitor to be duly filed in the Registry of the Supreme Court at Singapore, pursuant to section 48 of the Conveyancing and Law of Property Act 1886, and unless and until a notification of such filing has appeared in the Gazette.

Such notification shall be sufficient evidence of the appointment and that the person therein named is duly qualified as by this Ordinance is required.

No deed, document or other instrument sealed with the seal of the Corporation shall be deemed to be duly sealed unless such seal has been affixed in the presence of the said James Joseph Byrne or his attorney duly authorised by a power of attorney deposited under section 48 of the Conveyancing and Law of Property Act 1886, or in the presence of his successor for the time being in his said office of Visitor and duly qualified as aforesaid, and unless such deed, document or other instrument is signed by the said James Joseph Byrne or his attorney or by his successor or his said attorney.

Such signing shall be taken as sufficient evidence of the due sealing of such deed, document or other instrument.