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Short title.
Interpretation.
Church of England Trust.
endowments (save as hereinafter mentioned) of the Church of England in the Colony and elsewhere within the Diocese of Victoria, Hong Kong, shall as far as possible be transferred to or vested in one central incorporated authority which may administer the same for the purpose of endowing, supporting, maintaining, carrying on or otherwise promoting the work of the Church of England in Hong Kong or elsewhere in the Diocese, whether such work be of a religious, educational or social nature, or otherwise :
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Church of England Trust Ordinance.
2. In this Ordinance—
“Archdeacon of Hong Kong" means the clergyman holding the Bishop's licence to such office;
"Bishop" means the Bishop of Victoria, Hong Kong;
"chapel of ease" means a chapel under a mother church consecrated for the performance of public worship according to the liturgy of the Church of England, and so recognized by the Bishop, the officiating minister whereof has not a separate cure of souls;
"church body" means the trustees of Saint John's Cathedral Church in Hong Kong as heretofore constituted;
"commissary" means a person nominated by the Bishop of Victoria, Hong Kong, to act for him or in his stead in accordance with the terms of a written authority signed by the Bishop, or in the event only of the voidance of the see, a person nominated by the Archbishop of Canterbury;
"Dean" means the clergyman in charge of Saint John's Cathedral and holding the Bishop's licence to such office;
"Diocesan Conference" means the assembly of clergy and laity of the Church of England for the Diocese, constituted according to such rules as have been approved by the Bishop for the time being;
"diocese" means the area over which the Bishop of Victoria, Hong Kong, has ecclesiastical authority;
"incumbent" means a clergyman with a cure of souls in charge of a church and holding the Bishop's licence thereto;
"trustees" means the trustees appointed by or under the provisions of section 3.
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