568927-1929-Supplementary-Bills-read-a-first-time---Printers-and-Publishers-Amendment — Page 5

Short title.

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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, 1929.

Interpreta tica.

2. In this Ordinance-

(a) "Archdeacon of Hong Kong" means the clergyman holding the Bishop's licence to such office.

(b) "Bishop" means the Bishop of Victoria, Hong Kong.

(c) "Chapel of ease' means a chapel under a mother church consecrated for the performance of public worship according to the liturgy of the Church of England, and so recognised by the Bishop, the officiating minister whereof has not a separate cure of souls.

(d) "Church Body" means the trustees of Saint John's Cathedral Church in Hongkong as heretofore constituted.

(e) "Commissary" means a person nominated by the Bishop of Victoria, Hong Kong, to act for him or in his stead in accordance with the terms of a written authority signed by the Bishop, or, in the event only of the voidance of the see, a person nominated by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

("Dean" means the clergyman in charge of Saint John's Cathedral and holding the Bishop's licence to such office.

(g) "Diocesan Conference" means the assembly of clergy and laity of the Church of England for the Diocese, constituted according to such rules as have been approved by the Bishop for the time being.

(h) "Diocese" means the area over which the Bishop of Victoria, Hong Kong, has ecclesiastical authority.

(1) "District" means an ecclesiastical area whe- ther old or new the incumbent of which has a separate cure of souls therein.

(j) "Incumbent" means a clergyman with a cure of souls in charge of a church and holding the Bishop's licence thereto.

(k) "Trustees" mean the trustees appointed by or under the provision of section 3 of this Ordinance.

Constitution of the

Trustees.

3.-(1) (a) There shall be a Body of Trustees which, subject to the other provisions of this Ordin- Trustees. ance, shall consist of:-

(i) The Right Reverend Charles Ridley Dup-

puy, Bishop of Vietoria, Hong Kong.

(ii) The Very Reverend Alfred Swann, Dean of

Saint John's Cathedral.

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