1955-HKRS29-8-22_Part03 — Page 23

HONG YONE

No. 42 of 1955.

Short title.

Now, thereforE, BE IT ENACTED by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows-

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Church of England Trust Ordinance, 1935, and shall be read as one with the Church (Cap. 277), of England Trust Ordinance (hereinafter referred to

principal Ordinance).

Portion of land to Tevest in Crown.

as the

2. That portion of the precincts of the said Cathedral Church delineated and coloured pink on a plan dated the 16th day of August, 1955, signed by the Director of Public Works, sealed with the seal of the Colony, and deposited at the Land Office, is hereby revested in the Crown, and all the estate, right, title and interest of the trustees in and to the said portion of the said precincts are hereby determined.

Right of

3. (1) The right of way referred to in and reserved by way extin. subsection (1) of section 6 of the principal Ordinance on the guished.

piece of land delineated and coloured red on the plan of the said precincts deposited at the Land Office on the 29th April, 1892. is hereby extinguished, and the trustees shall hold the said piece of land in fee simple freed and released from any right in any person to use it as a road or right of way.

(2) The obligation on the Government to maintain the road on the said piece of land referred to in subsection (1) of section 6 of the principal Ordinance is hereby determined.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 28th day of September, 1955.

1 assent.

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28th September, 1955.

An Ordinance to amend the Church of England Trust Ordinance,

Chapter 277.

[29th September, 1955.]

BE it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows-

1.

This Ordinance may be cited as the Church of England Short title. Trust (Amendment) Ordinance, 1955.

2.

Section 6 of the Church of England Trust Ordinance is Amendment amended by the substitution of a colon for the full stop at the of section 5. (Cap. 277), end of subsection (1) and the insertion thereafter of the following-

"And provided further that the use of any part of the said precincts for the purpose of schools, quarters for the members of the staff of Saint John's Cathedral Church and other buildings in connexion with such church shall be deemed to be use for the purpose of a church within the meaning of this subsection."

Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong-this 28th day of September, 1955-

Deputy Clerk of Councils.

(Secretariat 68/661/47)

Depa Elerk of Councils.

(Secretariat 68/661/4781)