Aboul (conu meeting.
Burines A ALIY anasal peneral EEMDELLA.
Chahmau ba preside a BODUSŮ general mccubag.
Ordinary procral meclio.
General dhe lidhen with caped lo meeting.
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of an equality of votes the chairman of the meeting shall have a casting
Vole.
(3) In the absence of the Secretary for Home Affairs the Director of Home Affairs shall be the chairman, and in the absence of both the Secretary for Home Affairs and the Director of Home Affairs the members of the advisory board shall elect a chairman from amongst their number present at the meeting.
20. (1) There shall be an annual general meeting of the voting members, to be held before 31st March in each year at such place as the board may decide, and fourteen days' notice of the meeting and of the time and place appointed for the same shall be given by the secretary to the voting members.
(2) Such notice shall be deemed to have been properly given to a voling member if sent by prepaid registered post to the last known address in Hong Kong of such member.
(3) Notification of the date and time of such meeting shall also be published in two editions of a Chinese newspaper circulating in Hong Kong.
21. (1) At the annual general meeting the board shall submit a report, and the signed and audited statement of the accounts, and a balance sheet made up to 31st March of the preceding year, which shall be considered and passed if thought t
(2) In addition to the election of directors in accordance with para- graph 6, any matter of which not less than seven days' notice shall have been given to the bourd relating to the management of the corporation may be brought forward and discussed.
22. (1) AL the annual general meeting the chairman shall take the chair
(2) If the chairman shall not be present, the first vice-chairman, the second vice-chairman, the third vice-chairman, the fourth vice-chairmau, or the fifth vice-chairman in order of seniority shall preside.
(3) In the absence of the chairman and vice-chairman, the votin members present may elect one of their number to preside.
23. (1) An ordinary general meeting of the voting members shall be convened at any time for such purposes as the board thinks fit.
(2) Notice of a meeting convened under sub-peragraph (1) shall be sent by the secretary by prepaid post to each voting member, at his last known address in Hong Kong, at least fourteen days before the date of the meeting, and every such notice shall specify the place, dale and time of such meeting
24. (1) The accidental omission to give notion of any meeting what- soever to, or the non-receipt of any notice of meeting by, any persoN entitled to receive notice thereof shall not invalidate the proceedings al that meeting.
(2) A certificate in writing signed by the secretary and stating that a notice was addressed to a person entitled to notice of a meeting at his last known address in Hong Kong and posted by prepaid registered post
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or prepaid post, as the case may be, shall be conclusive evidence of the facts contained therein,
25. (1) At any general meeting, twenty voting members shall form a quorum. If a quorum is not present within half an hour from the time. appointed for any general meeting, the meeting shall stand adjourned to the same day in the following week at the same time and place. If st such adjourned meeting a quorum is not present the business may be transacted with such number of voting members as may be present,
(2) The duimman of any general meeting may, with the consent of the majority present at such meeting, adjourn the meeting from time to time and from place to place. No business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished at the meeting.
(3) AL any general meeting a resolution pur to the vote of meeting shall be decided on a show of hands, and every voting member shall have
one vote.
(4) Subject to this Ordinance, the board may regulate the procedure at any general mesting subject to the approval of the advisory board, and (subject to such approval) may validate any decision taken at any such meeting notwithstanding any accidental non-compliance with the provisions of this Ordinance.
26. (1) The vote of a firm or society which is a voting member shall be by proxy.
(2) The instrument appointing any proxy shall be in writing under the hand of the person appointing the proxy or, in the case of a firm or society, under the hand of a partner of the firm or an officer of the society.
(3) The instrument appointing any proxy shall be deposited with the board before the time for holding the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the person named in the instrument proposes to vote and in default the instrument of proxy shall not be treated as valid,
27. (1) The board may make regulations in relation to or providing for the maintenance, management, operation, regulation or supervision of any of the homes, nurseries, schools or other institutions under the control of the corporation.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 20 of the loter- pretation and General Clauses Ordinance it shall not be necessary to publish any such regulations in the Gazerre.
Passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council this 12th day of December, 1973.
Clerk to the Legislative Council.
Procedure ac central mcclimat,
Polen.
Power to make Perlachen.
Cap. 1)
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