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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1ST APRIL, 1899.
Power to de-
16. It shall be lawful for the Church Body to declare clare sitting any sitting in the Church vacant-
vacant in certain cases.
Punishment
of
person disturbing divine wor- ship, etc.
Prohibition of burial, etc.
Power to
remove
ruinous mo-
nument, etc.
Saving of certain rights.
Existing lay members of
the Church Body.
Repeal of Ordinance No. 11 of 1892.
(1.) If the person entitled thereto for the time being fails to pay the rent of such sitting within three mouths from the time when demand for payment thereof has been made upon him personally or in writing; or
(2.) If such person, after a like period and demand, fails to pay any moneys due froin him to the Church Body; or
(3.) If such person is convicted under the next suc-
ceeding section.
17. Every person who wilfully and maliciously, either within or from without the Churcb, disturbs the perform- auce of divine worship or any service therein, or in any way during such time molests any of the congregation, shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and shall be liable, on summary conviction before a Magistrate, to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars, and, in default of payment, to imprisonment with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding three months.
18. No burial shall take place within the Church or the precincts thereof.
19. The Church Body may order the removal of any monument, tablet, or other memorial in the Church or in the preciucts thereof which has become ruinous, dilapidated, or unsightly, if the owner thereof cannot be found or refuses to properly repair and maintain such monument, tablet, or memorial to the satisfaction of the Church Body: Provided always that three months' notice of such intended removal shall be given in writing to the owner if he can be found, and if he cannot be found a notice signifying such intended removal shall be posted for three months in the western porch of the Church.
20. Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect or be deemed to affect the rights of Her Majesty, her heirs and successors, or of any body politie or corporate, or other person, except such as are mentioned in this Ordinance and those claiming by, from, or under them.
21. The existing lay members of the Church Body shall, subject to the vacation of their offices by death or other- wise, continue in office until the next annual meeting of the seatholders and subscribers of the Church.
22. The St. John's Cathedral'Ordinance, 1892, is here- by repealed, but the regulations made under that Ordinance shall remain in force until altered or repealed by regulations made under this Ordinance.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 13th day of March, 1899,
J. G. T. BeCKLE,
Clerk of Councils.
Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 23rd day of March, 1899.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary.
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