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Appoint- ment of Chairman and Vice Chairman,

Proof of

membership

and of Con-

stitution.

Incorpora- tion. Powers of

Corpora-

tion.

Synod and having the power of management and control of the affairs of the Synod in accordance with the Constitu tion: "Chairman and Vice Chairman" means respectively the Chair- man and Vice Chairman of the Synod elected in accordance with the Constitution;

"The Constitution** means the rules or regulations governing the Synod for the time being in force together with any amendments thereto made from time to time in accordance with such rules or regulations.

3. (1) Whenever any person is, appointed to, the office of Chairman and whenever any person is appointed to the office of Vice Chairman such persons shall, within three weeks after their respective appointments, or within such further time as my be allowed by the Colonial Secretary, furnish to the Colonial Secretary satisfactory evidence of their respective appointments.

(2) A notification in the Gasette under the hand of the Colonial Secretary or Deputy Colonial Secretary that such evidence has been furnished to the Colonial Secretary by such persons shall be conclusive evidence of such appointments,

(3) The Reverend CHAN YICK KIN ( 1 ) and Mr. HWANG SZE TIAN ( R ) shall be the first Chairman and Vice Chairman respectively until other persons are appointed to be Chairman and Vice Chairman respectively in accordance with the Constitution.

4. A certificate under the hand of the Chairman, or in is absence from the Colony of the Vice Chairman-

(a) that any person therein named is a member of the

Synod, or

(b) that any rules or regulations annexed to such certificate

are the Constitution,

shall be accepted for all purposes as sufficient proof of the Fact that such person is a member of the Synod, or that the Con- stitution was duly made and is in force.

5. (1) The Synod shall be a body corporate under the name of "The Chinese Rhenish Church, Hong Kong Synod" (hereinafter referred to as "the Corporation').

(2) The Corporation by the name aforesaid shall have perpetual succession, and shall and may sue and be sued in all courts in the Colony, and shall and may have and use a common

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seal, and may break, change, alter, and make anew the said seal as to the Corporation may seem fit.

(3) The Corporation shall have the power to acquire, accept leases of, purchase, take, hold and enjoy any lands, buildings, messuages or tenements of what nature or kind soever and wheresoever situated in the Colony, and also to invest moneys upon mortgages of any lands, buildings, tnesstages or tene- ments, or upon the mortgages, debentures, stocks, funds, shares or securities of any corporation or company, and also to pur- chase, acquire and possess goods and chattels of what nature and kind soever.

(4) The Corporation shall further have power by deed under its seal to grant, sell, convey, assign, surrender, exchange, partition, yield up, mortgage, demise, reassign, transfer or other- wise dispose of any lands, buildings, messuages, tenements, murigages, debentures, stocks, funds, shares or securities, or goods and chattels which are vested in or belong to the Corpora tion, upon such terms as to the Corporation may seem fit.

8. All deeds, documents and other instruments requiring Seal the seal of the Corporation shall be sealed therewith in the pre- sence of the Chairman, or in his absence from the Colony, of the Vice Chairman, and stall also be signed by the Chairman, or by the Vice Chairman. The seal shall be kept in the custody of the Chairman, or in his absence from the Colony, in the custody of the Vice Chairman.

manage

7. All matters of internal management of the Synod, Internal including any amendment of the Constitution, shall be settled and carried out in accordance with the Constitution.

8.

Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect or be deemed

ment of the Synod.

Savings of rights of

the Crown

to affect the rights of His Majesty the King, His Heirs and Successors, or the rights of any body politic or corporate of and of any other person except such as are mentioned in this Ordin- other ance and those claiming by, Froin and under them.

certain

rights.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 30th day of May, 1951.

Deputy Clerk of Councils.