HONG KONG CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES UNION INCORPORATION ORDINANCE
Title
HONG KONG CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES UNION INCORPORATION ORDINANCE
Description
LAWS OF HONG KONG
HONG KONG CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES UNION
INCORPORATION ORDINANCE
CHAPTER 1025
CHAPTER 1025.
HONG KONG CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES UNION
INCORPORATION.
Toprovide 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, unless the context otherwise requires
'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' mean the chairman and vice 1 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 accordance with such 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 accordance
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 appointments.
(2) A notification in the Gazette under the hand of the Colonial
Secretary that such evidence has been furnished to the Colonial
Secretary by such persons shall be conclusive evidence of such
appointments.
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 certificate 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 power -to acquire, accept leases of.
purchase, take, hold and enjoy any lands, buildings, messuages or
tenements of what nature or kind soever and wheresoever situate. 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 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.
6. All deeds. documents and other instruments requiring the seal of
the corporation shall be sealed therewith in the presence of the
chairman, or in his absence from the Colony, of the vicechairman. 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 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.,
Originally 22 of 1948. (Cap. 288, 1950.) Short title. Interpretation. Appointment of chairman and vice-chairman. Proof of membership of the Union and proof of the constitution. Incorporation. Powers of corporation. Seal. Internal management of the Union. Saving.
Abstract
Originally 22 of 1948. (Cap. 288, 1950.) Short title. Interpretation. Appointment of chairman and vice-chairman. 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/3495
Edition
1964
Volume
v26
Subsequent Cap No.
1025
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 January 29, 2025, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/3495.