CO129-521-11 Tung Wah Hospital Ordinance- 1930 17-12-1930 - 16-12-1931 — Page 15

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Second Schedule.

Ordinance No. 10 of 1908.

Ordinance No. 1 of 1870.

Election

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of ground, so far as the same relate to the said pieces or parcels of ground, and subject also to the said respective rights or equities of redemption, and subject also to any trusts affecting any of the said pieces or parcols of ground.

(4) The pieces or parcels of ground specified by their respective Land Office register references in the Second Sebedule, and all things and rights referred 10 in sub- section (2) of this section which immediately before the coming into operation of this Ordinance were vested in The Tung Wah Hospital for the purposes of the Man Mo Temple Ordinance, 1908, shall be held and dealt with by the corporation in accordance with the provisions of the said Ordinance and in accordance with the powers, rights and obligations conferred or impose! by the said Ordinance upon The Tung Wal Hospital or apou the Directors of The Tung Wah Hospital.

(5) In this section “The Tung Wah Hospital" means the body corporate created by virtue of the provisions of the Tung Wa Hospital Incorporation Ordinance, 1870,

3.-(1) The number of Directors shall be not less than of Directors. eighteen and not more than thirty.

Election of

Chairman and other Principal Directors.

(2) At least six of the Directors shall be residents of Kowloon or New Kowloot.

(3) The Directors shall be elected annually, and the annual clection of the Directors for any one year shall if possible be completed in or before the mouth of December in the previous year.

(4) The Directors elected for any one year shall simul- taneously cease to be Directors at the end of the 31st day of December in that year, except as regards any Director who shall by reason of death or resignation have ceased to be a Director before that time: provided that if the election of the Directors for the following year shall not have been completed on or before the said 31st day of December the Directors elected for that year shall continue to he Directors until the election of their immediate successors shall have been completed,

(5) Auy Director elected for any one year shall be eligible for re-election for the following or any subsequent year.

(6) If any vacancy ocenrs among the Directors by reason of death or resiguation it shall be lawful for the remaining Directors or a majority of them to eleer any person whatsoever to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the year for which the Director dying or resigning was elected,

(7) The Directors clected for any one year shail during the next succeeding year be known as Hip Li (†), and shall be entitled to attend all meetings of the Directors during such succeeding year and 10 take part in the dis- cussions, but not to vote, at such meetings,

(8) The election of Directors shall be held in accord- ance with the Constitution; and in particular the rights and responsibilities of the various Societies in regard to an election in accordance with the Constitution sha|| remain unaffected,

9.--(1) So soon as possible after the election of the Directors desiguate for any particular year they shall elect one of their number to he Chairman for that year.

(2) Immediately after the election of the Chairman the Directors designate shall proceed to elect one of their number to be the Second Principal Director,

(3) Immediately after the election of the Second Prin- cipal Director the Directors designate shall proceed to elect one of their number to be the Third Principal Director.

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(4) The Chairman of the Tang Wah Hospital for the previous year, or the person entitled to preside in his absence, shall preside at the three elections referred to in this section.

(5) In the event of two or more Directors desiguate boing returned at the head of the poll with an equality of votes at any election under this section there shall be a rovote, or if necessary a series of revotes, to determine which of such directors shall be elected.

(6) In the event of the death, resignation, incapacity or absence of the Chairman at any time, the Second Principal Director shall act as Chairman and shall have all the powers and duties of the Chairman, and in the event of death, resignation, incapacity or absence of the Second Principal Director so acting, the Third Principal Director shall set as Chairman and shall have all the powers and duties of the Chairman.

(7) In the event of the death, resignation, incapacity or absence of the three Principal Directors, it shall be lawful

for the corporation to elect in their stead a Chairman and two other Principal Directors to hold office either tem- porarily or for the remainder of the current year, a . at such elections a member of the Advisory Board shall preside.

10. Subject to any specific instructions given by the Powers of members of the corporation at a general meeting of the Directors. members of the corporation, the Directors for the time being may exercise any of the powers and rights conferred

on or acquired by the corporation, and may perform any

of the obligations and duties imposed on or assumed by the corporation, and such exercise of any such power or right and any such performance of any such obligation or duty, shall bind the corporation.

11. (1) There shall be a committee to be known as Advisory the Advisory Board whose duties shall be to advise the Board. Directors upon occasion on any matter affecting the cor- poration or its administration.

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(2) The Board shall consist of not more than fifteen persons, four of whom shall be nominated by the Directors of the previous year annually and shall hold office for one year, and the remainder of whom shall be appointed by the Governor for such period or periods, and upon such terins, as he shall think fit,

(3) One of the four persons to be nominated annually by the Directors of the previous year shall be a resident of Kowloon or New Kowloon.

(4) The advice of the Advisory Board shall be given at a joint meeting of the Directors and the Advisory Board. Such joint meeting shall be called by the Chair-

man of the Directors-

(a) when the Directors desire the advice of the

Advisory Board ;

(b) whenever the Advisory Board give the Chair- mau notice in writing that they desire to discuss with the Directors any specified matter affect-

ing the corporation or its administration.

The Chairman shall give the Directors and the members

of the Advisory Board at least four clear days notice in writing of any sneh joint meeting.

12.—(1) At any meeting of the Directors seven Quorum and Directors shall form a quorum.

majority

decision.

(2) Every question at any meeting of the Directors shall be decided by a majority of votes of the Directors present, and in case of an equality of votes the chairman shall have a second or casting vote.

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