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Appoint- ment of New Trustees.

Use of Seal.

Vesting of Properties.

Services,

Saving of

the rights of the Crown

and of certain other

persons.

Definitions.

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7.-(a) When any other persons are appointed Trustees of the Kowloon Union Church in accordance with the Con- stitution of the said Church such persons shall within three weeks after appointment or within such further time as may be allowed by the Governor, furnish the Governor with satis- factory evidence of their appointment.

(b) A notification in the Gazette under the hand of the Colonial Secretary that such evidence has been furnished to the Governor by any such person shall be conclusive evidence of such appointment.

8. All deeds and other instruments requiring the seal of the Corporation shall be sealed with the common seal of the Corporation and signed by at least two of the Trustees.

9. All that piece or parcel of ground registered in the Land Office as Kowloon Inland Lot No. 2174 together with all rights, easements, and appurtenances thereto belonging or usually held, occupied or enjoyed therewith are hereby trans- ferred to and vested in the Corporation for the unexpired residue of the term of years created by the Crown Lease thereof together with the right of renewal contained in the said Lease, subject to the payment of the rents and the per- formance and observance of the covenants and conditions therein contained and subject to all mortgages and charges (if any) in respect thereof.

10. The services at the Kowloon Union Church shall be regulated and conducted in accordance with the constitution of the said Church and in such manner as to provide that fellowship in public worship and in spiritual communion and service which is the privilege and usance of all Christians and to spread the knowledge of the purpose of God in Jesus Christ. and to unite in fellowship Christians of various denominations and of different countries in the worship of God in accordance with the principles and usages of Protestant Evangelical Christians.

11. Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect or be deemed to affect the rights of His Majesty the King, his heirs or successors or the rights of any body politic or corporate or of any other person except such as are mentioned in this Ordinance and those claiming by from or under them..

12. The expression "Kowloon Union Church" shall where the context so permits refer not only the buildings erected upon Kowloon Inland Lot No. 2174 or other the Church buildings from time to time used as the Kowloon Union Church but also the members of the said Church duly enrolled in accordance with the Constitution of the said Church.

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The expression "The Constitution of the said Church means the code of rules and regulations for management and conduct of the Kowloon Union Church adopted by the Members thereof at the date of this Ordinance or as the same may be altered from time to time in the prescribed manner.