HONG KONG COUNCIL OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST IN CHINA INCORPORATION ORDINANCE

HONG KONG COUNCIL OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST IN CHINA INCORPORATION ORDINANCE

LAWS OF HONG KONG

HONG KONG COUNCIL OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST

IN CHINA INCORPORATION ORDINANCE

CHAPTER 1095





CHAPTER 1095.

HONG KONG COUNCIL OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST
IN CHINA INCORPORATION.

To provide for the incorporation of the Hong Kong Council of the
Church of Christ in China.

[5th September, 1958.1

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Hong Kong Council of the
Church of Christ in China Incorporation Ordinance.

2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires

'chairman', 'vice-chairman', and 'treasurer' mean the chairman, vice-
chairman and treasurer respectively appointed by the executive
committee from time to time to act as such;

'constitution' means the constitution for the time being in force
governing the corporation together with any amendment thereto
made from time to time in accordance with such constitution;

'corporation' means The Hong Kong Council of the Church of Christ
in China incorporated under section 3;

'executive committee- means the executive committee which has the
power of management and control of the affairs of the corporation
in accordance with the constitution;

'general secretary' means the general secretary appointed by the
executive committee;

'members' means the active pastors, ministers and preachers holding
office in the corporation and the delegates of the local churches,
co-operating missions and church bodies, educational institutions,
medical and religious institutions and missionary bodies as are or
shall become members of The Hong Kong Council of the Church of
Christ in China in accordance with the constitution.

3. The members for the time being of the Hong Kong Council of the
Church of Christ in China shall be a body corporate and shall have the
corporate name, 'The Hong Kong Council of the Church of Christ in
China% 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 from time to time, break. change, alter
and make anew the said seal as to the corporation may seem fit.

4. (1) The corporation shall have power to acquire, accept and
grant 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 build, rebuild, alter. vary, renew, maintain and repair
any building, messuage or tenement,





and also to invest moneys upon mortgages of any lands, buildings,
messuages or tenements, or in debentures, stocks, funds, shares or
securities of any government, municipality, corporation, or company,
and also to purchase, acquire and possess goods and chattels of what
nature and kind soever.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1), the
corporation shall be subject to the provisions of the Charities
(Land Acquisition) Ordinance.

(3) The corporation shall further have power by deed under its seal
to grant, sell, convey, assign, surrender, exchange, partition, yield up.
mortgage, pledge, demise, reassign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any
lands, buildings, messuages, tenements, mortgages, debentures, stocks,
funds, shares or securities or goods and chattels whatsoever. which are
for the time being vested in or belonging to the corporation. upon such
terms as to the corporation may deem fit.

5. (1) All deeds, documents and other instruments requiring the
seal of the corporation shall be

(a)sealed in the presence of any three of the following persons
namely, the chairman or in his absence from the Colony, of the
vice-chairman. the treasurer, the general secretary and any two
members of the executive committee; and

(b)signed by three of the persons named above in whose
presence the seal was affixed.

(2) The seal shall be kept in the custody of the chairman, or in his
absence from the Colony, in the custody of the vicechairman.

6. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (2) of section
4, all those pieces or parcels of ground the particulars whereof are
contained and more particularly described in the first

column of the Schedule together with all rights, easements and
appurtenances thereunto belonging or appertaining shall upon
registration by the corporation in the appropriate Land Office of a
memorial of this Ordinance be transferred to and be vested in the
corporation for the residues now unexpired of the terms created therein
by the Crown Leases thereof respectively, subject to the payment of the
rents reserved by the said Crown Leases respectively and the
performance and observance of the lessees' covenants and the
conditions therein contained, and subject also to

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be

such mortgages, charges, leases, tenancies and other agreements (if
any) and upon such trusts, conditions and stipulations, as may be
subsisting in relation to such premises upon the commencement of this
Ordinance.

(2) On the coming into operation of this Ordinance all other
property goods and chattels and rights which immediately before





the commencement of this Ordinance were held in trust for The Hong
Kong Council of the Church of Christ in China shall be transferred to
and become vested in the corporation.

7. A certificate under the hand of the chairman. or in his absence
from the Colony, of the vice-chairman

(a)that-any active pastors, ministers or preachers holding office
in the corporation or any local church, co-operating mission
and church body, educational institution, medical institution,
religious institution or missionary body named therein is a
member of the corporation: 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 active pastors, ministers or preachers, local church, cooperating
mission and church body, educational institution, medical institution,
religious institution or missionary body is a member of the corporation,
or that the constitution was duly made and is in force.

8. (1) The corporation shall send to the Registrar of Companies for
registration

(a)notice of the address of the principal office of the corporation
and any change thereof;

(b)a copy of the constitution certified as correct by the
chairman. or in his absence from the Colony. the
vicechairman;

(c)a list of the names and addresses of the chairman.
vicechairman, treasurer. general secretary and members of the
executive committee. and any change therein, certified as
correct by the chairman, or in his absence from the Colony,
the vice-chairman.

(2) Notification in accordance with subsection (1) shall be made
within four weeks of the making of any amendment or change, as the
case may be:

Provided that the Registrar of Companies may for good cause
shown extend the period.

(3) The registration of the list mentioned in paragraph (c) of
subsection (1) shall be conclusive evidence of the appointments to the
offices mentioned therein.

(4) A fee of five dollars shall be payable for registering any
document under this section.

(5) Upon payment of a fee of one dollar, any person may inspect
any of the documents registered with the Registrar of Companies under
this section.





9. All matters affecting the corporation and its internal
management including any amendment of the constitution shall
be settled and carried out in accordance with the constitution.

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.

Description of Property. Registered Owner.
All those pieces or parcels of land registered The Hong Kong New
as Lots Nos. 3303 and 3304 in Demarcation Territory Evangelization
District No. 102 in the New Territories, to- Society of Hong Kong.
gether with the messuages or dwelling houses,
buildings and erections thereon.
Originally 33 of 1958. Short title. Interpretation. Incorporation. Powers of corporation. (Cap. 305.) Execution of deeds. Vesting of property. Schedule. Proof of membership of the corporation and proof of the constitution. Registration with Registrar of Companies. Internal management of the corporation. Saving.

Originally 33 of 1958. Short title. Interpretation. Incorporation. Powers of corporation. (Cap. 305.) Execution of deeds. Vesting of property. Schedule. Proof of membership of the corporation and proof of the constitution. Registration with Registrar of Companies. Internal management of the corporation. Saving.

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