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A 188

Ord. No. 42/88

Incorporation.

Objects of the Assembly,

Powers of the Assembly.

Assembly to

exercise powers

in accordance with the constitution.

THE SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHA'IS OF HONG KONG INCORPORATION

(b) in relation to the Assembly, a person who works for the Assembly under a contract of employment and includes a person who was, immediately before the commencement of this Ordinance, a person referred to in paragraph (a).

3.

The Assembly shall be a body corporate under the name of "The Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Hong Kong" with exclusive right to use that name in Hong Kong and in that name shall have perpetual succession and may sue and be sued and shall have and may use a common seal.

4. The objects of the Assembly and its members shall be to admin- ister the affairs of the Cause of Baha'u'llah for the benefit of the Baha'is of Hong Kong according to the principles of Baha'i affiliation and administra- tion created and established by Baha'u'llah, Founder of the Baha'i Faith, by 'Abdu'l-Baha, its Interpreter and Exemplar, by Shoghi Effendi, its Guardian and for the Assembly and its members to carry out on behalf of themselves and their successors the sacred Trust and religious standard established by Baha'u'llah for Baha'i administrative bodies in the words: "Be ye Trustees of the Merciful One among men" and to seek the help of God and His guidance in order to fulfil that exhortation.

5. The Assembly shall have power-

(a) to acquire, take on lease, purchase, hold and enjoy property, movable or immovable, and sell, let or otherwise dispose of or deal with such property;

(b) to enter into any contract;

(c) to apply for and receive sponsorships, receive gifts, whether on trust or otherwise, and act as trustee of moneys or other property vested in it on trust;

(d) to grant, sell, convey, assign, surrender, exchange, partition, yield up, mortgage, demise, reassign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any lands, buildings, messuages or tenements, mortgages, deben- tures, stocks, shares, securities, goods or chattels vested in the Assembly on such terms as the Assembly may deem fit; and

(e) generally to do all such other things as may appear to be incidental

or conducive to the furtherance of its objects.

6. (1) The Assembly shall be subject to the control of the constitu- tion and shall exercise its powers in accordance with such constitution.

(2) The constitution of the Assembly may be amended at any time and from time to time in accordance with its provisions for the time being in force.

(3) Any amendment of the constitution shall be effective upon—

(a) a copy thereof, certified by the Secretary of the Assembly or a member thereof acting as Secretary, being lodged with the Registrar of Companies; and

(b) such amendment being published in the Gazette.