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covenants and conditions reserved by and contained in the said Crown leases and Conditions of Grant; and

(6) the Corporation shall succeed to all other property. rights, privileges, obligations and liabilities of the trustees for the time being of the Hop Yat Tong Church of Christ Hong Kong incorporated under the repealed Hop Yat Tong Church of Christ Hong Kong Incorporation Ordinance.

Members of the Corporation.

6.

Council of Unit Church.

Existing constitution

to be con- stitution of

Corporation.

The Corporation shall consist of the following members- (a) all ministers and preachers for the time being of the Hop Yat

Church:

(b) all deacons and deaconesses for the time being of the Hop Yat

Church;

(c) the chairman, vice-chairman, and secretary for the time being

of the Council of each Unit Church; and

(d) representatives for the time being from the Council of each Unit Church, which shall be entitled to have one elected mem- ber in respect of every one hundred adult-members registered with such Unit Church to represent it in the Corporation: provided that the maximum number of the representatives of each Unit Church shall not exceed five.

7. Each Unit Church shall have a Council, and the organization, powers and duties of such Council shall be prescribed by the constitu. lion for the time being of the Hop Yat Church.

8. (1) The existing constitution of the Hop Yat Church shall be the constitution of the Corporation.

(2) Amendments to the constitution shall be proposed in writing to the Council of Representatives by two deacons and three elected members of one or more Councils of the Unit Churches or by ten voting members of the Church, and no amendments shall be made unless such amendment or amendments shall have been passed by three-fourths of the members of the Council of Representatives present at the meeting convened for the purpose.

(3) Any such amendment shall not come into operation until il has been published in the Church bulletin four consecutive weeks for the information of the members and no objection thereto has been raised within thirty days from the first publication.

(4) The constitution shall not be amended without the consent in writing of the Registrar of Companies.

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9. (1) The Corporation shall forward to the Registrar of Com- Registradea. panies for registration the following--

(a) notice of the address of the registered office of the Corporation

and any change thereto;

(b) a copy of the constitution and any amendment thercio, cer- tified as correct by the Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Corporation;

(c) a list of the names and addresses of the members for the time being of the Corporation and any change therein, certified as correct by the Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Corpora tion; and

(d) the name and address of any person appointed under section 10 to sign deeds, documents and other instruments, and any change therein certified as correct by the Chairman or Vice- Chairman of the Corporation.

(2) Notification in accordance with subsection (1) shall be made within twenty-eight days of the commencement of this Ordinance or within twenty-eight days of any amendment, change or appointment as the case may be.

(3) Any person may inspect any of the documents registered under This section upon payment of such fee as may be prescribed under section 305 of the Companies Ordinance for the inspection of a scam. 32) document.

(4) The Corporation shall pay such feas for registering any docu- ment with any public registry as may be prescribed under section 305 of the Companies Ordinance for the registration of a document with the Registrar of Companies.

10. (1) The seal of the Corporation shall not be affixed to any Seal. deed, document or instrument except by the authority of a resolution of the Corporation.

(2) All deeds, documents and other instruments requiring the seal of the Corporation shall be signed by any three of the six members of the Properties Management Committee of the Corporation and such signing shall be taken as sufficient evidence of the due sealing of such deeds, documents and other instruments.

11. Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect or be deemed to affect Saving. the rights of Her Majesty the Queen, Her Heirs or Successors, or the rights of any body politic or corporate or of any other persons except such as are mentioned in this Ordinance and those claiming by, from or under them.

12. The Hop Yat Tong Church of Christ Hong Kong Incorpora- Repeal. tion Ordinance is repealed.

(Cap. 1027.)

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