ZETLAND HALL TRUSTEES INCORPORATION ORDINANCE

ZETLAND HALL TRUSTEES INCORPORATION ORDINANCE

LAWS OF HONG KONG

ZETLAND HALL TRUSTEES INCORPORATION

ORDINANCE

CHAPTER 1055





CHAPTER 1055

ZETLAND HALL TRUSTEES INCORPORATION

To amend the law relating to the incorporation of the Zetland Hall
Trustees.

[29 September 1922.1

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Zetland Hall Trustees
Incorporation Ordinance.

1A. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires-

'trustees' means the Zetland Hall Trustees incorporated by sec-
tion 2.
(Added, 62 oj'1977, s. 2)

2. (1) The persons who have been certified by the secretary
of the Zetland Hall Trustees by statutory declaration made by him
and filed with the Registrar of Companies on 21 April 1949, to be
the elected representatives of the lodges specified in the Schedule
together with the persons who shall from time to time be certified in
the same manner by the secretary of the Zetland Hall Trustees as
being the elected representatives of other lodges, the names of which
shall be from time to time added to those specified in the Schedule in
manner provided by subsection (2) and their successors in office as
hereinafter defined shall be a body corporate and shall have the
name 'The Zetland Hall Trustees', and by that name shall have
perpetual succession and may sue and be sued in all courts in.the
Colony and s6all and may have and use a common seal. (Replaced,
20 of 1949, s. 2. Amended, 62 of 1977, s. 3)

(2) In addition to the lodges specified in the Schedule it shall
be lawful for the trustees to invite any other lodge hereafter
established in Hong Kong in accordance with the English, Scottish
or Irish Constitutions to have its name added to those appearing in
the Schedule and upon the acceptance of such invitation to nomi-
nate such lodge accordingly; and such nomination shall be made in
writing under the hand of the chairman of the trustees and shall be
filed with the Registrar of Companies. Notice of the addition of the
name of any such lodge to the Schedule shall be given by the trustees
in the Gazette within 14 days of the making of the nomination which
shall thereupon take effect as if the name of the lodge so nominated
had been included in the Schedule originally. (Added, 20 of 1949,
s. 2. Amended, 62 of 1977, s. 3)

(2A) Where any lodge specified in the Schedule so requests in
writing, the trustees shall, by notice published in the Gazette within
21 days of the receipt of such request, delete the name of the lodge





from the Schedule; and shall forthwith notify the Registrar of
Companies of such deletion. (Added, 62 of 1977, s. 3)

(213) Where the name of a lodge is deleted from the Schedule
under subsection (213), the trustees shall repay to the lodge the sum
of $5,000 if in the opinion of the trustees this can be done without
undue detriment to the trustees. (Added, 62 of 1977, s. 3)

(3) The trustees shall have full 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
intheColony. (Amended, 20of 1949, s. 2and62of 1977,s. 3)

(4) The trustees shall also have full power-

(a) to invest their funds not immediately required in any---
(i) securities of the Government of any part of the
Commonwealth; or
(ii) investments listed for the time being in Part 11 of the
Second Schedule to the Trustee Ordinance;

(b) by deed under their common seal to grant, sell, convey,
assign, surrender, exchange, partition, yield up, mortgage,
demise, reassign, transfer or othe ' rwise dispose of any
lands, buildings, messuages, tenements, mortgages, deben-
tures, stocks, funds, shares or securities, or other goods
and chattels whatsoever, which are for the time being
vested in or belonging to the trustees upon such terms as
the trustees think fit. (Replaced, 62 of 1977, s. 3)

(5) [Deleted, 62 of 1977, s. 31

(6) The trustees shall also have full power to receive and
accept gifts, donations, contributions and legacies and to hold or
realize the same in their absolute discretion subject to any con-
ditions attached to such gifts, donations, contributions or legacies.
(Added, 47 of 1955, s. 2. Amended, 62 of 1977, s.'3)

3. (1) If at any time any of the lodges specified in the
Schedule or whose names shall have been added thereto in manner
hereinbefore provided shall wish to appoint a new representative in
succession to or in substitution for the representative specified in the
statutory declaration referred to in section 2 it shall be lawful for the
said lodge so to do and the said new representative shall be deemed
to be a trustee in succession to or in substitution for the said former
representative upon the filing with the Registrar of Companies of a
certificate of the fact of such election certified under the hand of the
secretary of the Zetland Hall Trustees. (Replaced, 20 of 1949, s. 3)

(2) The power of electing a new representative shall apply in
the case of persons elected under subsection (1) in the same way as it
applies in the case of the persons specified in the statutory declara-
tions referred to in section 2(1). (Amended, 33 of 1939, Supp.
Schedule, G.N. 840140)





4. The trustees shall manage and maintain a hall or halls, to
be used, occupied and enjoyed as a meeting place for the members of
the lodges the names of which appear in the Schedule or which shall
have been from time to time added thereto in accordance with the
provisions of section 2, and may permit the said hall or halls to be
used, occupied and enjoyed as a meeting place for the members of
other masonic lodges, chapters and bodies, and may at their
discretion furnish and equip such hall or halls.
(Amended, 20 of 1949, s. 5 and 62 of 1977, s. 4)

5. The trustees may charge such fees, rents and charges for
the use of the properties of the trustees as may seem expedient to the
trustees.
(Amended, 62 of 1977, s. 4)

6. The trustees may from time to time give and pay over in
equal shares to the lodges specified in the Schedule together with
other lodges whose names have from time to time been added to the
Schedule in manner provided in section 2 any funds not required for
the purposes of the maintenance or development of the properties of
the trustees.
(Replaced, 20 of 1949, s. 6. Amended, 62 oj'1977, s. 4)

6A. (1) If at any time the trustees are of the opinion that they
can no longer serve any purpose for the benefit of freemasonry in
Hong Kong and that such position is likely to remain unchanged in
the then foreseeable future, the trustees shall convert into money
such of their assets as they are able.

(2) After such conversion the trustees shall-

(a)pay to each lodge then listed in the Schedule the sum of
HK55,000; but if the funds of the trustees are insufficient
for this purpose the trustees shall pay the entire funds to
the lodges in equal shares; and

(b)divide any balance of the funds that may remain after such
payments among the English, Scottish and Irish Constitu-
tions according to the proportion in which those constitu-
tions are represented by the lodges then listed in the
Schedule and pay the shares thus found to the respective
District Treasurers.
(Added, 62 of 1977, s. 5)

7. (1) The secretary shall convene a general meeting of
trustees during the month of May in each year at which the trustees
shall elect from among their own number a chairman and a deputy
chairman who shall hold office until the conclusion of the general
meeting in the next succeeding year.

(2) Other meetings may be convened by the secretary or any
trustee.





(3) Five trustees personally present shall be a quorum for the
purposes of any meeting of the trustees.

(4) The chairman of the trustees shall preside at any meeting
of the trustees, but if the chairman is absent, any such meeting shall
be presided over by-

(a) the deputy chairman; or

(b)in the absence of the deputy chairman a trustee elected
from among those present at the meeting.

(5) Allquestions arising at any meeting of the trustees shall be
decided by the majority of votes cast and in the event of an equality
of votes the chairman of the trustees or other person presiding shall
have a casting as well as a deliberative vote.

(6) Not less than 14 days' notice shall be given of any meeting
and any trustee may, upon giving not less than 7 days' written notice
to the secretary~ appoint a proxy to speak and vote for him at that
meeting:

Provided that such proxy shall have previously been generally
or specifically approved in open lodge by the lodge by whom such
trustee was appointed.
(Replaced, 62 of 1977, s. 6)

7A. (1) The trustees shall from time to time appoint a
secretary and a treasurer who shall fill their respective positions until
a replacement has been appointed.

(2) At the g eneral meeting referred to in section 7(1) the
treasurer shall present audited accounts in respect of the year ended
on the previous 31 December.
(Added, 62 of 1977, s. 7)

8. (1) All deeds, documents and other instruments requiring
the seal of the trustees shall be sealed by one of the trustees and
signed by not less than 3 of the trustees.

(2) All documents which are required by law to be signed by
the trustees shall be signed by 3 of the trustees.
(Amended, 62 of 1-977, s. 8)

9. There shall be payable by the trustees to the Registrar of
Companies a fee of 53 on each and every statutory declaration,
nomination or certificate made and filed under the provisions of this
Ordinance and a fee of 51 shall be payable for every search of-the
file.
(Added, 20 of 1949, s. 8. Amended, 62 of 1977, s. 8)

10. 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.





SCHEDULE Is. 2.]

Zetland Lodge No. 525 E. C.
Victoria Lodge No. 1026 E. C.
Perseverance Lodge No. 1165 E. C.
United Service Lodge No. 1341 E. C.
Corinthian Lodge of Amoy No. 1806 E. C.
Foo Chow Lodge No. 1912 E. C.
Lodge Star of Southern China No. 2013 E. C.
University Lodge No. 3666 E. C.
Swatow Lodge No. 3705 E. C.
Cathay Lodge No. 4373 E. C.
Royal Sussex Lodge No. 501 E. C.
St. Andrew in the Far East Lodge No. 493 S. C.
Lodge St. John No. 618 S. C.
Naval and Military Lodge No. 848 S. C.
Eastern Scotia Lodge No. 923 S. C.
Erin Lodge No. 463 1. C.
Shamrock Lodge No. 712 1. C.
Emerald Lodge No. 883 1. C.
(Replaced, 92 of 1677, s. 9.Amended, G.N. 3423183)
Originally 23 of 1922. (Cap. 321, 1950.) 5 of 1924. 33 of 1939. 20 of 1949. 47 of 1955. 24 of 1957. 62 of 1977. G. N. 3423/83. Short title. Interpretation. Incorporation of trustees. Schedule. (Cap. 29.) Successors in office. Use of property. Schedule. Fees and rents for use of property. Apportionment of surplus funds. Schedule. Distribution of assets. Schedule. Meetings of trustees. Appointment of officers. Execution of documents. Fees. Saving.

Originally 23 of 1922. (Cap. 321, 1950.) 5 of 1924. 33 of 1939. 20 of 1949. 47 of 1955. 24 of 1957. 62 of 1977. G. N. 3423/83. Short title. Interpretation. Incorporation of trustees. Schedule. (Cap. 29.) Successors in office. Use of property. Schedule. Fees and rents for use of property. Apportionment of surplus funds. Schedule. Distribution of assets. Schedule. Meetings of trustees. Appointment of officers. Execution of documents. Fees. Saving.

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