KOWLOON CITY BAPTIST CHURCH ORDINANCE

KOWLOON CITY BAPTIST CHURCH ORDINANCE

LAWS OF HONG KONG

KOWLOON CITY BAPTIST CHURCH ORDINANCE

CHAPTER 1093





CHAPTER 1093.

KOWLOON CITY BAPTIST CHURCH.

TO provide for the incorporation of the trustees of the Kowloon City
Baptist Church.

[26th April, 1957.1

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Kowloon City Baptist
Church Ordinance.

2. In this Ordinance. unless the context otherwise requires

'church' means the Kowloon City Baptist Church.

3. The trustees for the time being of the Kowloon City Baptist
Church shall be a body corporate, hereinafter called the corporation,
and shall have the name 'The Trustees of the Kowloon City Baptist
Church', and in that name 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. alter and make anew the
said seal.

4. (1) The corporation shall have c 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, and
also to invest moneys upon deposit in any bank in the Colony or upon
mortgage of any lands. buildings, messuages or tenements or upon the
mortgages, debentures, stocks, funds. shares or securities of any
government, municipality, corporation. company or person, and also to
purchase, acquire and possess vessels and other goods and chattels of
what nature and kind soever.

(2) 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 vessels or other goods and chattels
which are for the time being vested in or belonging to the corporation,
upon such terms as to the corporation may seem fit.

5. The trustees shall not sell any land (with or without buildings
thereon) vested in the trustees unless the approval of a general meeting
of members of the church to the sale has first been obtained:

Provided that in favour of a bona fide purchaser for value the
production of a copy of the resolution duly certified under the hands of
all the trustees for the time being m the Colony shall be conclusive
evidence of such approval.





6. The legal estate in any property whatsoever transferred to or
vested in the corporation in any manner whatsoever shall in the event of
the death of any of the trustees for the time being or in the event of any
trustee ceasing to hold office as such trustee vest in the trustees for the
time being duly appointed.

The number of the trustees shall be nine.

8. The office of any trustee shall be automatically vacated if such
trustee shall die or shall resign his office or if a resolution be passed at a
meeting of members of the church requiring the resignation of such
trustee or if his term of office shall come to an end.

9. (1) Trustees shall be- elected by members of the church.

(2) Elections shall be held at regular intervals of twelve months. All
members of the church of fun age and sound mind shall be eligible for
election as trustees.

1 (3) At elections at an annual general meeting trustees shall be
elected for a term of three years, but so that if a trustee shall vacate
office before the expiration of his term the trustee appointed to succeed
him shall hold office only for the then residue of the term of the trustee
who vacated his office. Retiring trustees shall be eligible for re-election.

1 (4) If the office of a trustee is vacated for any reason other than the
expiration of his term of office a new trustee shall be elected at one of
the monthly meetings of members of the church and such trustee shall
hold office until the next annual general meeting of members of the
church.

10. (1) Any change' in membership of the trustees shall within three
weeks of such change be notified by the publication of a notice in the
Gazette.

(2), No such change shall be deemed to have been made until a.
notification of such change has been published in the Gazette.

(3) The production of a copy of the Gazette containing any such
notification shall be prima facie evidence of a change in membership of
the trustees.

(4) The trustees shall when required by the Governor furnish to him
satisfactory proof of the succession. election or appointment of any
new trustee

11. The trustees when elected shall appoint a chairman, a vice-
chairman. a secretary and a treasurer from among their number and all
deeds. documents and other instruments requiring the seal of the
corporation shall be sealed in the presence of such four persons or of
two of such four persons and two other trustees and shall also be
signed by such four persons and such signing





shall be and be taken as sufficient evidence of the due scaling
thereof.

12. All books. deeds, papers and other documents belonging
to the church shall be under the care and custody of the trustees.

13. An regulations relating to the affairs of the church other-
wise than those specifically provided for by this Ordinance shall
be drawn up by a committee appointed by the members of the
church for such purpose and shall be submitted to the annual
general meeting for approval.

14. No regulations made by any committee under section 13
shall be binding on the members of the church until such regula-
tions have been passed by a majority of members present and
voting at an annual general meeting of members.

15. 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 16 of 1957. Short title. Interpretation. Description and incorporation. Powers of corporation. Restriction on sale of property. Transfer of property. Number of trustees. Vacation of office by trustees. New trustees; their appointment and tenure of office. Notification of changes of trustees. Execution of deeds. Custody of documents. Power of committee to make regulations. Regulations not binding until approved. Saving.

Originally 16 of 1957. Short title. Interpretation. Description and incorporation. Powers of corporation. Restriction on sale of property. Transfer of property. Number of trustees. Vacation of office by trustees. New trustees; their appointment and tenure of office. Notification of changes of trustees. Execution of deeds. Custody of documents. Power of committee to make regulations. Regulations not binding until approved. Saving.

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