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Objects and Reasons,
1. This Ordinance Repeals the Saint John's Cathedral Church Ordinance, 1899, and The Church Property Vesting Ordinance 1904, and constitutes one central incorporated authority to hold and administer all the property of the Church of England in Hong Kong. This is explained in the preambles which also give a short account of the origin of the Cathedral in Hongkong and of Saint Andrew's Church in Kowloon,
2. Section 1 gives the short title.
3. Section 2 is the interpretation clause.
4. Section provides for the constitution of a body of Trustees, and for their qualifications.
5. Section 4 provides for the notification of changes in the constitution of that body.
6. Section 5 incorporates the Trustees and defines their powers.
7. Section 6 vests sundry properties in the Trustees. 8. Section 7 authorises the delegation of the care and maintenance of Church property to the Church Councils established under the provisions of the Ordinance.
9. Section 8 makes provision for patronage boards. 10. Section 9 provides for the making of regula- tions.
11. Section 10 establishes Church Councils for the existing churches to co-operate with the incumbents in church work.
12. Section 11 makes provision for the establish- ment of Councils for future Churches.
13. Section 12 provides for the right of visitation of the Bishop and Archdeacon.
14. Section 13 recognises the Bishop's right to use the Cathedral.
15. Section 14 provides for the user of the Cathedral by the troops of the Garrison.
16. Section 15 makes provision for the holding of services at the prisons and Government hospitals.
17. Section 16 deals with the erection, alteration and removal of memorials in the churches.
18. Section 17 preserves the two Chater Endow- ment Funds as they were created by their donor on the express condition that they should be perpetually known by their respective names.
19. Section 18 contains the usual saving of the rights of the Crown,
20. Section 19 effects the necessary repeals. The attached table of correspondence shows where the sections of the repealed Ordinances are repeated, with or without modification, in the sections of the new Ordinance. It will be noticed that certain sections of Ordinance No. 5 of 1899 have been omitted. Thus sections 9 and 10 of that Ordinance are not con- sidered necessary in view of the constitution and powers of the new bodies established by the new Ordinance. The same remark applies to section 14 which is however to some extent re-enacted in a proviso to regulation 8 in the Second Schedule. Sections 15 and 16 of the Ordinance of 1899 related to pew rents. These have been already abolished in Saint Andrew's Church and it is proposed to abolish them in the Cathedral also. Section 17 relating to brawling is considered sufficiently covered by section 32 of Ordinance No. 2 of 1865 and section 18 relating to burials by sections 90, 91 and 92 of Ordinance No. 1 of 1903.
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