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Description
and incor- poration.
Powers of corpora- tion
Transfer
3.
The trustees for the time being of the Hong Kong Baptist Church shall be a body corporate (hereinafter called "the corporation") and shall have the name "The Trustees of The Hong Kong Baptist Church" and in that name shall have per- petual succession and shal! and may sue and be sued in all courts in the Colony and shall and may have and use a common seal and may break alter and make anew the said seal.
4.
(1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2) the corporation shall have power to acquire, accept leases of, purchase, take, bold and enjoy any lands, buildings, messuages or tenements of what nature or kind soever and wheresoever situated, and also invest moneys upon mortgage of any lands, buildings, messuages or tenements, or upon the mortgages, debentures, stocks, funds, shares or securities of any government, municipality, corporation, company or person, and also to purchase, acquire and possess vessels and other goods and chattels of what nature and kind
soever.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1), the corporation shall not acquire any immovable property in the Colony unless it shall have previously obtained the special consent of the Governor in Council in each case.
(3) The corporation shall further have power by deed under its seal to grant, sell, convey, assign, surrender, exchange, parti. tion, yield up, mortgage, demise, reassign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any lands, buildings, messuages, tenements, mortgages, debentures, stocks, funds, shares or securities, or vessels or other goods and chattels, which are for the time being vested in or belonging to the corporation, upon such terms as to the corpora- tion may seem fit.
6. The legal estate in any property whatsoever transferred of property. to the corporation in any manner whatsoever shall in the event of the death of any of the trustees for the time being or in the event of any trustee ceasing to hold office as such trustee vest in the trustees for the time being duly appointed.
Number of trustees.
8.
The number of the trustees shall be seven.
I.
trustee.
The office of any trustee shall be automatically vacated Vacation if such trustee shall die or shall resign his office or if a resolution of office by be passed at a meeting of members of the church requiring the resignation of such trustee or if his term of office shall come to an end.
(1) At the annual general meeting of members of the New church held in each year, six new trustees shall be elected by trustees; members of the church as follows-
thair appoint- ment and
three deacons who have been proposed by the deacons of tenure of the church;
three members of the committee who have been proposed by the members of the committee.
(2) If there shall only be one clergymen or preacher then he shall be ex officio a trustee but if there shall be more than one, then the members of the church shall elect in the church during the month of January each year a presiding clergyman or preacher from among the number of clergymen or preachers, and such presiding clergyman or preacher shall be ex officio a
trustee.
(3) Trustees when elected shall (subject to the provisions of section 7) hold office until the annual general meeting of members of the church in the following year. Trustees whose terms of office have expired shall be eligible for re-election.
9.
office
vacancies
If the office of a trustee be vacated other than through Filling the expiration of the term of office then a new trustee shall be casual elected by the members of the church from among the class of smang members of the church who proposed the trustee whose office is truatees. racated and such new trustee shall hold office until the next Annual general meeting of the members of the church.
10. (1) Any change in membership of the trustees shall Notification within three weeks of such change be notified in writing to the of changes Colonial Secretary and by the publication of a notice in the Gaselle.
(2) No such change shall be deemed to have been made until a notification of such change has been published in the Gazette.
of trustees.