CAP. 1040]
L.N. 262 of 1988
Procedure at meetings of advisory board.
L.N. 262 of 1988
Annual general meeting.
Business at an annual general meeting.
Chairman to preside at annual general meeting.
Ordinary general meetings.
General provisions with respect to meetings.
Po Leung Kuk
(b) 4 members of the advisory board. (Replaced, L.N. 253/74)
Home Affairs
[1987 Ed.
(7) The Secretary for District Administration shall be the chairman of the joint meeting of the board and the advisory board. In his absence the Secretary for Health and Welfare shall be the chairman, and in the absence of both the Secretary for District Administration and the Secretary for Health and Welfare members present at the meeting shall elect a chairman from amongst the members of the advisory board present. (Amended, L.N. 18/83 and L.N. 67/85)
(8) The persons who are members of the Board of Direction of the Society at the commencement of this Ordinance shall be members of the advisory board until 1 April 1974.
19. (1) At any meeting of the advisory board 4 of the members shall form a quorum.
(2) Every question at any meeting of the advisory board shall be decided by a majority of votes of the members present and in the case of an equality of votes the chairman of the meeting shall have a casting vote.
Home Affairs.
(3) In the absence of the Secretary for District Administration the Secretary for Health and Welfare shall be the chairman, and in the absence of both the Secretary for District Administration and the Secretary for Health and Welfare the members of the advisory board shall elect a chairman from amongst their number present at the meeting. (Amended, L.N. 18/83 and L.N. 67/85)
20. (1) There shall be an annual general meeting of the voting members, to be held before 31 March in each year at such place as the board may decide, and 14 days' notice of the meeting and of the time and place appointed for the same shall be given by the secretary to the voting members.
(2) Such notice shall be deemed to have been properly given to a voting member if sent by prepaid registered post to the last known address in Hong Kong of such member.
(3) Notification of the date and time of such meeting shall also be published in 2 editions of a Chinese newspaper circulating in Hong Kong.
21. (1) At the annual general meeting the board shall submit a report, and the signed and audited statement of the accounts, and a balance sheet made up to 31 March of the preceding year, which shall be considered and passed if thought fit.
(2) In addition to the election of directors in accordance with paragraph 6, any matter of which not less than 7 days' notice shall have been given to the board relating to the management of the corporation may be brought forward and discussed.
22. (1) At the annual general meeting the chairman shall take the chair.
(2) If the chairman shall not be present, the first vice-chairman, the second vice-chairman, the third vice-chairman, the fourth vice-chairman, or the fifth vice-chairman in order of seniority shall preside.
(3) In the absence of the chairman and vice-chairman, the voting members present may elect one of their number to preside.
23. (1) An ordinary general meeting of the voting members shall be convened at any time for such purposes as the board thinks fit.
(2) Notice of a meeting convened under sub-paragraph (1) shall be sent by the secretary by prepaid post to each voting member, at his last known address in Hong Kong, at least 14 days before the date of the meeting, and every such notice shall specify the place, date and time of such meeting.
24. (1) The accidental omission to give notice of any meeting whatsoever to, or the non-receipt of any notice of meeting by, any person entitled to receive notice thereof shall not invalidate the proceedings at that meeting.
(2) A certificate in writing signed by the secretary and stating that a notice was addressed to a person entitled to notice of a meeting at his last known address in Hong Kong and posted by prepaid registered post or prepaid post, as the case may be, shall be conclusive evidence of the facts contained therein.