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Execution of documents.
Vesting of properties.
Saving of the rights of the Crown and of certain other
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(2) When any other persons are appointed to the Office of Trustees of the Hop Yat Tong Church of Christ such persons shall within three weeks after their appointment or within such further time as may be allowed by the Governor furnish to the Governor satisfactory evidence of their appointment.
(3) A notification in the Gazette under the hand of the Colonial Secretary that such evidence has been furnished to the Governor by such person shall be conclusive evi- dence of such appointment.
6 All deeds and other instruments requiring the cor- porate seal of the Corporation shall be sealed in the presence of the Trustees and shall he signed by them.
7. All that piece or parcel of ground registered in the Land Office as Section D of Inland Lot No. 590 together with all rights, easements and appurtenances thereto belonging or usually held occupied or enjoyed therewith, are hereby transferred to and vested in the Corporation for the unexpired residues of the terms of years created by the Crown Lease thereof, subject to the payment of the rents and the performance and observance of the covenants and conditions therein contained and subject to all mortgages and charges in respect thereof.
8. Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect or be deemed to affect the rights of His Majesty the King, His Heirs or Successors, or the rights of any body politic or corporate or of any other person except such as are mentioned in this Ordinance and those claiming by from or under them.
Objects and Reasons.
1. The Hop Yat Tong Church of Christ in Hong Kong was formed by Chinese members of certain Christian Cou- gregations under the management of the trustees of the said church.
2. For this purpose the trustees purchased the leasehold property known and registered in the Land Office as Sec- tion D of Inland Lot No. 590 and erected a church thereon.
3. The Hop Yat Tong Church of Christ in Hong Kong is independent of other churches bearing the same name in South China.
4. In order to secure perpetual succession it is proposed that the church shall be incorporated as a corporation sole under the management of Trustees and the Bill now pro- posed follows in it's main lines other incorporating ordinances which have been passed from time to time.