THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH APRIL, 1892.
14. All regulations made by the Church Body of which notice shall have been given to the Colonial Secretary and which shall have been published in the Gazette shall have effect and continue in force until the next general or special meeting of the seatholders in or subscribers to the said Church or other the persons forming the ordinary congrega- tion of the said Church duly convened in accordance with the regulations of the Church Body for the time being in force and thereafter only such of the regulations shall con- tinue in force as may be approved by the majority at such general or special meeting.
15. All changes in the constitution of the Church Body shall be notified to the Colonial Secretary and published in the Gazette, which publication shall be deemed in all Courts primâ facie evidence of such changes and the Church Body shall when required furnish satisfactory proof of the succes- sion, appointment or election of any new member thereof.
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16. It shall be lawful for the Church Body to declare any seat or sittings in the said Church vacant if the person entitled thereto for the time being shall fail to pay the rent of any such seat or sittings within three months from the time when demand for payment thereof shall have been made upon him personally or in writing, or if such person after a like period and demand shall have failed to pay any moneys due from him to the Church Body, or if any person who is entitled to a seat or sitting shall have been convicted under the next following section.
17. Every person who shall wilfully and maliciously, either within or from without the said Church, disturb the performance of divine worship or the services therein, or in any way during such time molest any of the congrega- tion, shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and be liable on summary conviction before a Magistrate, to a fine not exceed- ing one hundred dollars, and in default of payment to im- prisonment with or without hard labour for any period not exceeding three months.
18. No burial shall take place within the said Church or the precincts thereof.
19. The Church Body may order the removal of any mo- nument which shall have become ruinous, dilapidated or un- sightly, if the owner thereof cannot be found or refuses to properly repair and maintain such monument to the satis- faction of the Church Body. Provided always that three months' notice of such intention shall be given in writing to the owner if he can be found, and if he cannot be found a notice signifying such intention shall be posted for three months in the western porch of the said Church.
20. Nothing, herein contained shall affect or be deemed to affect the rights of Her Majesty the Queen, her heirs or successors, or of any bodies politic or corporate, or other person or persons, except such as are mentioned in this Ordinance and those claiming by, from, or under them.
Regulations to be approved by.
Changes in Church Body.
Aents to become vacant in certain events.
Penalty on disturbing congregation.
Burials prohibited.
Removal of monuments.
Crown rights.
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A BILL
ENTITLED
An Ordinance for the establishment and incorporat- tion of the Chinese Society for the Protection of Women and Children commonly
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known as
"The Pó Leung Kuk.”
HEREAS in the year 1878 a Chinese Society enti- tled "The Pó Leung Kuk" was formed in this Colony for the protection of women and children and the same has been supported and carried on by voluntary cou- tributions up to the present: And whereas the said Society has from time to time rendered assistance to the Government in the detection and suppression of the crime of kidnapping and kindred offences and in the rescue and restoration or maintenance of kidnapped women and children: And whereas it is desirable to give to the said Society a perma- nent and legal status and to endow the same with funds out of the Public Treasury: And whereas certain members of the said Society have applied to His Excellency the Governor to grant them an Ordinance of Incorporation which His Excellency has consented to do under and subject to the
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