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The management of the affairs of the church is entirely under the control of the Chinese members of the congregation with the ad- vice of the Senior Missionary of the London Missionary Society.
In order to secure perpetual succession and the other advantages of incorporation it is proposed that trustees for the time being of the Hop Yat Tong Church of Christ in Hong Kong be incorporated as a Corporation sole and the bill now proposed follows in its main lines other incorporation ordinances which have been passed from time to time.
THE HON. MR. R. H. KOTEWALL seconded and the Bill was read a first time.
Objects and Reasons.
The "Objects and Reasons" for the Bill were stated as follows:-
1. The Hop Yat Tong Church of Christ in Hong Kong was formed by Chinese members of certain Christian Congregations under the management of the trustees of the said church.
2. For this purpose the trustees purchase the leasehold property known and registered in the Land Office as section D of Inland Lot No. 590 and erected a church thereon.
3. The Hop Yat Tong Church of Christ in Hong Kong is inde- pendent 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 proposed follows in its main lines other incorporation ordinances which have been passed from time to time.
BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION AMENDMENT
INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1931.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL moved the second reading of a Bill intituled "An Ordinance to amend the law relating to the registration of Births and Deaths." He said: One of the main objects of this Bill is to transfer from the Sanitary Department to the Medical De- partment the duty of registration of births and it has been pointed out that it would be convenient for the Medical Department to take over as from the beginning of next year. Therefore, when this Bill goes into Committee, I will, by Your Excellency's direction, move that a clause be added at the end of it to the effect that the Ordinance will come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1932. For the moment I propose the second reading.
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY seconded and the Bill was read a second time.
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