THE OVERSEAS MISSIONARY FELLOWSHIP (INCORPORATION) ACT 1957 (REVISED - 2019)

The Overseas Missionary Fellowship (Incorporation) LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 818 THE OVERSEAS MISSIONARY FELLOWSHIP (INCORPORATION) ACT 1957 (Revised—2019) REVISED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF LAW REVISION, MALAYSIA UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE REVISION OF LAWS ACT 1968 2019 1 2 Laws of Malaysia Act 818 THE OVERSEAS MISSIONARY FELLOWSHIP (INCORPORATION) ACT 1957 Revised up to … … … … 1 December 2019 Date of publication in the … Gazette of this revised edition … 27 December 2019 … 27 December 2019 Date appointed for coming into operation of this revised edition pursuant to paragraph 6(1)(xxiii) of the Revision of Laws Act 1968 [Act 1] … … … First enacted in 1957 as Federation of Malaya Ordinance No. 22 of 1957 The Overseas Missionary Fellowship (Incorporation) LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 818 THE OVERSEAS MISSIONARY FELLOWSHIP (INCORPORATION) ACT 1957 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section 1. Short title 2. Interpretation 3. Incorporation of The Overseas Missionary Fellowship 4. Common seal 5. Corporation to have office in Peninsular Malaysia 3 4 Laws of Malaysia Act 818 5 The Overseas Missionary Fellowship (Incorporation) LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 818 THE OVERSEAS MISSIONARY FELLOWSHIP (INCORPORATION) ACT 1957 An Act to incorporate the Overseas Missionary Fellowship. [1 July 1957] Short title 1. This Act may be cited as The Overseas Missionary Fellowship (Incorporation) Act 1957. Interpretation 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— “Corporation” means The Overseas Missionary Fellowship as incorporated under section 3; “holder of the office” means John Morris Rockness, George Percival Moore and George Alexander Williamson being respectively the Secretary, the Southern Field Superintendent and the Northern Field Superintendent, who were appointed to the office of “The Overseas Missionary Fellowship” and includes their successors in office. Incorporation of The Overseas Missionary Fellowship 3. (1) The holder of the office of the Corporation shall for all purposes be a body corporate by the name of “The Overseas Missionary Fellowship” and shall have perpetual succession. (2) The Corporation may sue and be sued in its name. 6 Laws of Malaysia Act 818 (3) The Corporation may— (a) enter into contracts; (b) acquire by purchase, gift, devise, bequest or otherwise; and hold movable and immovable property of every description and any interest in the property so acquired by the Corporation; and (c) sell, convey, transfer, assign, demise, lease, surrender, exchange, partition, charge, mortgage or otherwise dispose of or deal with any movable or immovable property so acquired by the Corporation. Common seal 4. (1) The Corporation shall have a common seal which may be broken, changed, altered and made anew as the Corporation thinks fit. (2) Until a seal is provided under this section, a stamp bearing the inscription “The Overseas Missionary Fellowship” may be used as the common seal of the Corporation. (3) All deeds, documents and other instruments requiring the seal of the Corporation shall be sealed with the seal of the Corporation in the presence of the Secretary of The Overseas Missionary Fellowship, who shall append his signature to the deeds, documents and other instruments and shall be countersigned by either of the Superintendents mentioned in subsection 3(1). (4) The signing shall be sufficient evidence that the seal was duly and properly affixed and that the seal is the lawful seal of the Corporation. Corporation to have office in Peninsular Malaysia 5. The Corporation shall have an office in Peninsular Malaysia the address of which shall be notified to the Minister for Health and Social Welfare, particulars of which shall be published in the Gazette. The Overseas Missionary Fellowship (Incorporation) LAWS OF MALAYSIA 7 Act 818 THE OVERSEAS MISSIONARY FELLOWSHIP (INCORPORATION) ACT 1957 (Revised—2019) Particulars under paragraphs 7(ii) and (iii) of the Revision of Laws Act 1968 [Act 1] LIST OF AMENDMENTS Amending law Short title In force from -NIL- LIST OF LAWS OR PARTS THEREOF SUPERSEDED No. Title F.M. Ord. No. 22 of 1957 The Overseas Missionary Fellowship (Incorporation) Ordinance, 1957 8 Laws of Malaysia Act 818 LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 818 THE OVERSEAS MISSIONARY FELLOWSHIP (INCORPORATION) ACT 1957 (Revised—2019) LIST OF SECTIONS AMENDED Section Amending authority -NIL- In force from The Overseas Missionary Fellowship (Incorporation) 9 LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 818 THE OVERSEAS MISSIONARY FELLOWSHIP (INCORPORATION) ACT 1957 (Revised—2019) LIST OF AMENDMENTS MADE BY THE COMMISSIONER OF LAW REVISION UNDER SECTION 6 OF THE REVISION OF LAWS ACT 1968 [ACT 1] Provision Particulars of amendments Authority for amendment Table of contents Table of contents under the paragraph 6(1)(vii) heading “ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS” inserted Form of Royal Assent Omitted Throughout the 1. Act paragraph 6(1)(xxiv) Word “Act” substituted for paragraph 6(1)(v) “Ordinance” 2. Shoulder notes substituted for paragraph 6(1)(xxiv) marginal notes 3. Full stop at the end of shoulder paragraph 6(1)(xvi) notes omitted 4. Word “Corporation” substituted paragraph 6(1)(xv) for “corporation” Effective date Words “1 July 1957” substituted paragraph 6(1)(iii) for “1st July, 1957.” Preamble Omitted subparagraph 6(1)(i)(b) Enacting clause Omitted subparagraph 6(1)(i)(f) section 1 1. Word “The” substituted for paragraph 6(1)(xv) “the” 2. Comma before the word “1957” paragraph 6(1)(xvi) omitted 10 Laws of Malaysia Provision Particulars of amendments Act 818 Authority for amendment I n t e r p r e t a t i o n Interpretation section inserted as subparagraph 6(1)(iv)(a) section new section 2 section 2 subsection 2(1) subsection 2(2) subsection 2(3) 1. Renumbered as section 3 paragraph 6(1)(xii) 2. In the shoulder note, words paragraph 6(1)(xxiv) “of The Overseas Missionary Fellowship” inserted after the word “Incorporation” 1. Words “The holder of the paragraphs 6(1)(iii) office of the Corporation” and (xv) substituted for “The said John Morris Rockness, George Percival Moore and George Alexander Williamson being respectively the Secretary, the Southern Field Superintendent and the Northern Field Superintendent, and their successors for the time being in office in the association known as the Overseas Missionary Fellowship” 2. Words “and shall have perpetual paragraphs 6(1)(xiii) s u c c e s s i o n ” t r a n s p o s e d and (xxiv) from subsection 2(2) with consequential alterations made and inserted after the words “The Overseas Missionary Fellowship” 1. Word “Corporation” substituted paragraph 6(1)(xxi) for the words “said body corporate (hereinafter referred to as “the corporation”)” 2. Word “common” substituted paragraph 6(1)(iii) for “corporate” 1. Renumbered and divided into paragraphs 6(1)(xii), subsection 3(2) and paragraph (xiii) and (xxiv) 3(3)(a) with consequential alterations made 2. Words “in its name” substituted paragraph 6(1)(xxi) for “in its said name” The Overseas Missionary Fellowship (Incorporation) Provision Particulars of amendments Authority for amendment subsection 2(4) R e n u m b e r e d , d i v i d e d a n d paragraphs 6(1)(xii), transposed to subsections 4(1) and (xiii) and (xxiv) (2) with consequential alterations made subsection 2(5) 1. Renumbered and divided into paragraphs 6(1)(xii), paragraphs 3(3)(b) and (c) (xiii) and (xxiv) with consequential alterations made 2. Wo r d “ i n t h e p r o p e r t y ” paragraph 6(1)(xxi) substituted for “therein” 1. Renumbered as section 4 2. In the shoulder note, words paragraph 6(1)(xxiv) “Common seal” substituted for “Use of corporate seal” section 3 11 paragraph 6(1)(xii) subsections 3(1) R e n u m b e r e d a s s u b s e c t i o n s paragraphs 6(1)(xii) and (2) 4(3) and (4) with consequential and (xxiv) alterations made section 4 section 5 1. Renumbered as section 5 2. In the shoulder note, words paragraph 6(1)(xxiv) “Corporation to have office in Peninsular Malaysia” substituted for the word “Address and office” 3. Words “Peninsular Malaysia” paragraph 6(1)(xvii) substituted for “the Federation” 4. Word “published” substituted paragraph 6(1)(xxiv) for “inserted” Omitted DICETAK OLEH PERCETAKAN NASIONAL MALAYSIA BERHAD, KUALA LUMPUR BAGI PIHAK DAN DENGAN PERINTAH KERAJAAN MALAYSIA WJW014495 10-12-2019 paragraph 6(1)(xii) subparagraph 6(1)(i)(aa)