CHINESE ANGLICAN CHURCH BODY INCORPORATION ORDINANCE

CHINESE ANGLICAN CHURCH BODY INCORPORATION ORDINANCE

LAWS OF HONG KONG

CHINESE ANGLICAN CHURCH BODY

INCORPORATION ORDINANCE

CHAPTER 1012





CHAPTER 1012

CHINESE ANGLICAN CHURCH BODY INCORPORATION

To provide for the incorporation of the Church Body of the Chinese
Anglican Church in Hong Kong.

[4 July 1902.]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Chinese Anglican Church
Body Incorporation Ordinance.

(Amended, 5 of 1924, s. 6)

2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires-

'Bishop' means the Bishop of the Church of England residing and
officiating at Victoria; (Amended, 50 of 1911 and 1 of 1912,
Schedule)

'Chinese church body' means the church body of the Chinese
Anglican Church in Hong Kong constituted as follows

(a) the Bishop, who shall be chairman;

(b)a vice-chairman of the Chinese church body appointed by the
Bishop by writing under his hand; (Amended, 50 of 1911 and
1 of 1912, Schedule)

(c)all ordained pastors and clergy of Chinese race officiating in
Chinese Anglican churches and chapels in the Colony with
the licence of the Bishop, and all clergy of nonChinese race
who are acting pastors of such churches and chapels with
such licence as aforesaid; (Amended, 50 of 1911 and 1 of
1912, Schedule)

(d)the delegates appointed by the vestries of the Chinese
churches and chapels in the Colony; (Amended, 50 of 1911
and 1 of 1912, Schedule)

(e)so long as the Chinese Anglican Church in Hong Kong uses
buildings belonging in whole or in part to the society known
as the Church Missionary Society, or is dependent on the
help of that society in education or other work, the secretary
in HONG KONG of the Church Missionary Society;

'delegates' means the delegates elected by the vestries in manner
provided by the regulations made by the Chinese church body;
(Amended, 50 of 1911 and 1 of 1912, Schedule)

,'vestry' means the body constituted in manner provided by the
regulations made by the Chinese church body for the management
of each place of worship established by it. (Amended, 50 of 1911
and 1 of 1912, Schedule)





3. A certificate under the hand of the Bishop, or in his absence
from the Colony, of the vice-chairman of the Chinese church body, that
any persons therein named are the persons constituting such body, or
that any regulations annexed to such certificate are the regulations of
the Chinese church body, shall be accepted for all purposes as
sufficient proof of the fact that such persons are the persons
constituting such body, or that such regulations were duly made and
are in force.

(Amended, 50 of 1911; 51 of 1911; 1 of 1912, Schedule and 2
of 1912, Schedule)

4. (1) The Chinese church body shall be a body corporate under
the name of 'The Church Body of the Chinese Anglican Church in
Hong Kong', hereinafter called the corporation. (Amended, 50 of 1911
and 1 of 1912, Schedule)

(2) The corporation by the name aforesaid shall have perpetual
succession, and shall and may sue and be sued in all courts, 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. (Amended,
50 of 1911 and 1 of 1912, Schedule)

(3) The corporation shall have power to acquire, accept leases of,
purchase, take, hold and enjoy and invest moneys upon any lands,
buildings, messuages or tenements of what nature or kind soever and
wheresoever situate, 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. (Amended, 25 of 1964, s. 2)

(4) The corporation shall further have power 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 such terms as to the corporation may
seem fit.. (Amended, 50 of 1911 and 1 of 1912-, Schedule)

(5) The corporation shall further have power-

(a)to improve, develop and turn to account any land belonging
to the corporation or in which the corporation has or

may acquire a sufficient legal or equitable interest, by
reconstructing, altering and demolishing buildings and by
constructing new buildings of any kind whatsoever either
alone or in any joint development scheme in conjunction with
owners or lessees of sites adjoining any land belonging to the
corporation or in which the corporation enjoys any interest
as aforesaid;





(b)to obtain vacant possession of any land belonging to the
corporation or in which the corporation has or may
acquire a sufficient legal or equitable interest, and of any
buildings thereon by any lawful means whatsoever and in
particular by application for exclusion orders or other
orders under Part 1 of the Landlord and Tenant (Con-
solidation) Ordinance or any Ordinance amending or
replacing the same;

(c)to pay compensation to occupiers vacating any lands or
buildings belonging to the corporation, or in which the
corporation has or may acquire a sufficient legal or equi-
table interest;

(d)to borrow or raise or secure the payment of money in such
manner as the corporation shall think fit for the purpose
of developing any land belonging to the corporation or in
which the corporation has or may acquire a sufficient legal
or equitable interest and for payment of compensation to
occupiers for vacating any such land or any buildings
thereon;

(e)to do all such things as are directly or indirectly incidental
or conducive to the attainment of the aims, objects and
powers of the corporation. (Added, 25 of 1964, s. 2)

5. All deeds, documents and other instruments requiring the
seal of the corporation shall be sealed therewith in the presence of
the Bishop, or in his absence from the Colony, of the vice-chairman,
and shall also be signed by the Bishop, or by such vice-chairman, in
whose custody the seal shall be kept.
(Amended, 50 of 1911; 51 of 1911; 1 of 1912, Schedule; 2 of
1912, Schedule and 43 of 1912, Supp. Schedule, G.N. 246/13)

6. Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect or be deemed to
affect the rights of Her Majesty the Queen, Her 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.
(Replaced, 37 of 1950, Schedule)
Originally 18 of 1902. (Cap. 275, 1950.) 50 of 1911. 51 of 1911. 1 of 1912. 2 of 1912. 43 of 1912. 5 of 1924. 37 of 1920. 25 of 1964. Short title. Interpretation. Proof of the constitution of the curch body and of its regulations. Incorporation; succession and seal; power to hold property; powerto dispose of property; additional powers. (Cap. 7.) Use of seal. Saving.

Originally 18 of 1902. (Cap. 275, 1950.) 50 of 1911. 51 of 1911. 1 of 1912. 2 of 1912. 43 of 1912. 5 of 1924. 37 of 1920. 25 of 1964. Short title. Interpretation. Proof of the constitution of the curch body and of its regulations. Incorporation; succession and seal; power to hold property; powerto dispose of property; additional powers. (Cap. 7.) Use of seal. Saving.

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