ENACTMENT NO. 12 OF 1986 ADMINISTRATION OF ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS ENACTMENT 1986
FIRST SCHEDULE
1. Limitation on functions of corporations.
Nothing in section 14 shall be deemed to authorize the Majlis to make an order to establish any corporation having any duty, power, or right which is not within the duties, powers, or rights of the Majlis under this Enactment.
2. Binding effect of orders.
Subject to the provisions of this Enactment, any order made under section 14 shall be binding on the corporation in respect of which it was made and shall have effect for all purposes as if it had been enacted in this Enactment.
3. Amendment etc., of orders.
The Maj1is may, with the approval of His Royal Highness the Sultan, at any time amend, revoke, or add to any order made in respect of any corporation under section 14.
4. Register of corporations.
The Majlis shall keep a register of all corporations Register of established by it under sectIon 14 and such register, together with copies of all orders made under that
section, shall be open to public inspection at such place or places and at such times as the Majlis may prescribe.
5. Winding-up.
(1) The Majlis may, with the approval of His Royal Highness the Sultan, by order published in the Gazette, direct that any corporation established by it shall be wound-up and dissolved.
(2) Upon the dissolution of any corporation under this paragraph, the assets of the corporation, after payment of all liabilities, shall be transferred to and be vested in the Majlis .
(3) The winding-up of a corporation under this paragraph shall be conducted in such manner as the Majlis may prescribe.
6. Corporations to be bodies corporate.
Every corporation established under section 14 shall be be a body corporate by such name as the Majlis shall give to it and shall have perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue and be sued in such name, and, for the purposes of furthering or fulfilling its functions, may enter into contracts and may hold and deal in or with any immovable or movable property and may do all other matters and things incidental or appertaining to a body corporate not inconsistent with the provisions of this Enactment and subject to such restrictions or limitationd as may be prescribed by the Majlis in each case.
7. Common seals of corporations.
(1) Every corporation shall have a common seal, which shall bear such device as the corporation, with the approval of the Majlis, ay approve, and such seal may from time to time be broken, changes, altered, and made anew by the corporation with the approval of the Majlis.
(2) Until a seal is provided by a corporation under this paragraph, a stamp bearing the name of the corporation may be used as a cormon seal.
(3) The common seal, or the stamp referred to in subparagraph (2), shall be in the custody of such person as the corporation shall diretct and shall be authenticated by that person; and all deeds, documents, and other instruments purporting to be sealed with the said seal or stamps, authenticated as aforesaid, shall, until the contrary is proved, be deemed to have been validly executed.
(4) Any document or instrument which, if executed by a person not being a body corporate, would not be required to be under seal may, in like manner, be executed by the corporation.
(5) The seal of every corporation shall be officialIy and judicially noticed.