1947 SUPPLEMENT LAWS OF THE COLONY OF SINGAPORE, costaistse: PH REVISED EDITION OF THE LAWS (ANNUAL SUPPL. 1936, AND TI SUPPLIEMENTS) ‘rocer men w A CHRONOLOGICAL ‘TABLE OF ALL LEGISLATION ENACTED FROM THE 1ST DAY OF JANUARY, 1936, TO THE 31ST DAY OF DECEMBER, 1941, AND FROM THE IST DAY OF APRIL, 1946, TO THE 315° DAY OF MBER, 1946. CE, 1941 PREPAID UNDER ‘tHE AUTHORITY OF rHE LAWS (ANNUAL NS) ORDINANCE, 1936, AND DEFENCE (ANNUAL SUPPLEMENTS) ORDIN: THE ATTORNI COLONY, Masia 47 re GovnKgues Ps r Siweatoms, wy BL RL VISE, NisaNO, Jb O1 1980 short title Constitution of bot Powers. Execution oi documents, COLUNIAL SECRETARY INCORPORATION No, 38 of 1946, COLONIAL SECRETARY INCORPORATION. An Ordinance to incorporate the Colonial Secretary, Colony of Singapore. [207 November, WAG | This Ordinance may be cited as the Colonial $ ry Incorporation Ordinance, 1946, and shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Gazette. (1) The officer for the time being discharging the sof Colonial Secretary, Colony of Singapore, and his successors in office, shall be a body corporate under tie name of Colonial Secretary, Colony of Singapore” (hereinattor called the corporation). ‘The corporation for the purposes of this Ordinance sue and be sued in its said name and shall have perpetual succession and a corporate seal, and the said seal may from time to time be broken, changed, altered and made anew as to the corporation seems fit, 8, The corporation may acquire, purchase, take, hold and enjoy moveable and immoveable property of every description, and may convey, assign, surrender and yield up, mortgage, demise, reassign, transfer or other- wise dispose of, or deal with, any moveable and. im- moveable property vested in the corporation upon such terms as to the corporation seems fit. 4.—(1) All deeds, documents or other instruments requiring the seal of the corporation shall be sealed with the seal of the corporation In the presence of the officer jor the time heing discharging the duties of the office of Colonial Secretary, Colony of Singapore, who shall sign every such deod, document or other Instrument to which the Corporate seal is affixed, and such signing shall be sufficient evidence that the said seal was duly and properly alfixed and that the same is the lawful Seal of the corporation 100No. 38 of 1946 COLONIAL SECRETAIY INCORPURATION (2) Section 13 of the Registration of Deeds Ordinance cup. 120 shall not epply to any instrument purporting to he executed under sub-section (1) of this section. 5. A notification in the Gazette of the appointinent of cation any person to hold or act in the office of Colonial Ap be cane Secrefiry, Colony pf Singapore, shall be conclusive evidence that such person was duly so appointed. shuntal 6. Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect the rights savi ot His Majesty or of any bodies polilié or corporate or eae other persons except sich as are mentioned in this Ses? Ordinance and those claiming by, from or under them 7. The Colonial Secretary, Straits Settlements, In- corporation Ordinance is hereby repealed : Provided that— Proviso, ()) all the estate and interest in any moveable or iminoveable property and all rights, liabi lities, authorities, “powers, privileges or immunities which hitherto vested in or may be had or exercised by the corporation known as the “Colonial Secretary, Straits Settle- tnents’’, shall be applicable to aud vested in and had and exereised by the corporation; sail (4) until such lime as a common seal for the cor- poration can be provided the oflicer for the lime being discharging the duties of the ollice of Colonial “Secretary, Colony of Singapore, tay use such sei! or stamip as may be approved by the Governor 101