HONG KONG CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES UNION INCORPORATION ORDINANCE
Title
HONG KONG CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES UNION INCORPORATION ORDINANCE
Description
CHAPTER 288.
HONG KONG CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES UNION
INCORPORATION.
To Provide for the incorporation of The Hong Kong Chinese
Christian Churches Union.
[4th June, 1948.]
1. This Ordinance may be cited as The Hong Kong
Chinese Christian Churches Union Incorporation Ordinance.
2. In this Ordinance-
'board of directors' means the board of directors who have
the power of management and control of the affairs of
the Union in accordance with the constitution ;
'chairman' and 'vice-chairman' means the chairman and
vice-chairman of the board of directors ;
'constitution' means the rules or regulations governing
the Union for the time being in force together with any
amendment thereto made from time to time in accord-
ance with stich rules or regulations;
'The Hong Kong Chinese Christian Churches Union' or
'the Union' means the representatives of such Chinese
Christian Churches in the Colony as are or shall be
members of the Union in accordwice with the
constitution.
3. (1) Whenever any person is appointed to the office
of chairman and whenever any person is appointed to the
office of vice-chairman such persons shall, within three weeks
after their respective appointments or within such further
time as may be allowed by the Colonial Secretary, furnish
to the Colonial Secretary satisfactory evidence of their
respective appointments.
(2) A notification in the Gazette under the hand of the
Colonial Secretary that such evidence has heen furnished
to the Colonial Secretary by such persons shall be conclusive
evidence Of Such appointments.
Archdeacon Samuel Kauyan Lee. and the
Reverend Lau Yut Sing shall be the first chairman
and
vice-chairman respectively until other persons are
appointed to be chairman and vice-chairman respectively
in accordance with the constitution.
4. A certificate under the hand of the chairman, or in
his absence from the Colony of the vice-chairman-
(a)that any person therein named is a member of the
Union ; or
(b)that any rules or regulations annexed to such certi-
ficate are the constitution;
shall be accepted for all purposes as sufficient proof of the
fact that such person is a member of the Union, or that the
constitution was duly made and is in force.
5. (1) The Union shall be a body corporate under the
name of 'The Hong Kong Chinese Christian Churches
Union', hereinafter referred to as the corporation.
(2) The. corporation by the name aforesaid shall have
perpetual succession, and shall and may sue and be sued in
all courts in the Colony, and shall and may have and use a
common seal, and may break, change, alter and make anew
the said seal as to the corporation may seem fit.
(3) The corporation shall have ower to acquire, accept
leases of, purchase, take, hold and enjoy any lands, build-
ings, messuages or tenements of what nature or kind soever
and wheresoever situated in the Colony, and also to invest
moneys upon mortgage of any lands, buildings, messuages
or tenements, or upon the mortgages, debentures, stocks,
funds, shares or securities of any corporation or company ,
and also to purchase, acquire and possess goods and chattels
of what nature and kind soever.
(4) The corporation shall further have by deed
under its seal to grant, sell, convey, assign, surrender,
exchange, partition, yield up, mortgage, demise, reassign,
transfer or otherwise dispose of any lands, buildings,
messuages, tenements, mortgages, debentures, stocks,
funds, shares or securities, or goods and chattels which are
vested in or belong to the corporation, upon stich terms as
to the corporation may seem fit.
6. All deeds, documents and other instruments requir-
ing the seal of the corporation shall be sealed therewith in
the presence of the chairman, or in his absence from the
Colony, of the vice-chairman, and shall also be signed by
the chairman, or by the vice-chairman. The seal shall be
kept in the custody of the chairman, or in his absence from
the Colony, in the custody of the vice-chairman.
7. All matters of internal management of the Union,
including any amendment of the. constitution, shall be
settled and carried out in accordance with the constitution.
8. Nothing in this Ordinance. shall affect or be deemed
to affect the rights of His Majesty the King, His Heirs
or Successors, or the rights of any body politic or corporate.
or of any other persons except such as are mentioned in
this Ordinance and those claiming by, from or under them.
22 of 1948. Short title. Interpretation. Appointment of chairman and vice-Chairman. [s. 3 cont.] Proof of membership of the Union and proof of the constitution. Incorporation. Powers of corporation. Seal. Internal management of the Union. Saving.
Abstract
22 of 1948. Short title. Interpretation. Appointment of chairman and vice-Chairman. [s. 3 cont.] Proof of membership of the Union and proof of the constitution. Incorporation. Powers of corporation. Seal. Internal management of the Union. Saving.
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/2142
Edition
1950
Volume
v6
Subsequent Cap No.
288
Number of Pages
3
Files
Collection
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online
Citation
“HONG KONG CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES UNION INCORPORATION ORDINANCE,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed May 19, 2024, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/2142.