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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MARCH, 1899.
Short title.
Interpreta-
A BILL
ENTITLED
An Ordinance to provide for the Performance of
Divine Worship and other Services in accord- ance with the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England at Saint John's Cathedral Church at Victoria and elsewhere in this Co- lony; for the Incorporation of a Church Body in which the said Cathedral Church shall be vested and by which it shall be administered; and for other purposes connected with the said Cathedral Church.
WHEREAS Saint John's Cathedral Church at Victoria in this Colony was erected on Crown land partly by means of private subscriptions and partly by means of public moneys, and has since been maintained and kept up and divine worship has been performed therein and elsewhere in this Colony in accordance with the provisions of certain Ordinances from time to time enacted for that purpose, and It is expedient to provide for a continuance of the perform- ance of such divine worship and other services according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England; and whereas the said Cathedral Church is now vested in and administered by an incorporated Church Body, and it is expedient to provide for the continuance of the said Church Body, for the purposes and with the powers bereinafter mentioned, and for other purposes connected with the said Cathedral Church:
Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Saint John's Ca- thedral Church Ordinance, 1899.
2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise re- tion of terms. quires,~
Constitution
The Church" means Saint John's Cathedral Church
at Victoria in this Colony :
*The Church Body means the Trustees of the
Chureb hereinafter mentioned 'and described ; "The Regulatious means the regulations made under
this Ordinance and for the time being in force.
The Church Body.
3.-(1.) There shall be as heretofore, but subject to the of the Church provisions of this Ordinance, a Church Body for Saint Body.
John's Cathedral Church at Victoria in this Colony.
Notification
of changes in the con- stitution of
the Church Body.
(2.) The Church Body shall consist of the Bishop of the Church of England for the time being residing and officiat ing at Victoria in this Colony, of the chaplain herein- after mentioned for the time being holding office, and of six lay members of the Church for the time being duly elected or appointed and holding office in accordance with the Regulations.
4.~(1.) All changes in the constitution of the Church Body shall be notified by the Church Body to the Colonial Secretary and published in The Gazette, and such publica- tion shall be deemed in all Courts and for all other purposes to be primâ facie evidence of such changes.
(2.) The Church Body shall, when required by the Governor, furnish to him satisfactory proof of the succes- sion, election, or appointment of any new member thereof.
Incorpora- 5.-(1.) The Church Body as constituted from time to tion and ge- time shall be as heretofore and is hereby declared to be a neral powers
body corporate under the name of "The Trustees of Saint of the Church John's Cathedral Church in Hongkong."
Body.
(2.) The Church Body by that name shall have perpetual succession and shall and may sue and be sued in all Courts of Justice and before all Magistrates in this 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 Church Body may seem fit.
(3.) The Church Body shall have power to acquire, accept leases of, purchase, take, hold, and enjoy any lands, buildings, messages, or tenements, of what nature or kind soever and wheresoever situnte, for the purposes of this. Ordinance or of the Church Body, and also to invest moneys