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Church
councils of Saint John's
Cathedral
and of Saint Andrew's Church.
Application
of
Ordinance.
Church of England Trust.
church councils for any church to which this Ordinance for the time being applies;
(e) the keeping of accounts by church councils; (f) the care, maintenance and administration of chapels of ease;
(g) all other matters relating to the affairs of the trustees. (2) No amendment of the regulations shall apply in the case of any particular church council until such amendment has been adopted at a meeting of the qualified and duly enrolled electors of the church in question.
Church councils.
10. There shall be a Saint John's Cathedral church council and a Saint Andrew's Church, Kowloon, church council, and such other church councils as may be constituted by regulations made under this Ordinance. The primary duties of every such council, whether constituted by or under this Ordinance, shall be to co-operate with the incumbent in the initiation, conduct and development of work in the church concerned in accordance with the regulations for church councils for the time being in force and to exercise the powers conferred upon them in accordance with section 7:
Provided always that all matters connected with the religious services of the churches shall be under the immediate direction and management of the respective incumbents or clergymen in charge subject nevertheless to the control of the Bishop: And provided also that no change in the customary arrangement and conduct of the religious services in any church shall be made arbitrarily and without the consent of the church council, and that the incumbent or clergyman in charge shall inform the council before making any change. Any question which may then or from time to time arise between the incumbent or clergyman in charge and the church council with regard to any such change shall be referred to the Bishop who, after such consultation as he thinks best both with the incumbent or clergyman in charge and the council, shall make orders thereon against which there shall be no appeal.
Miscellaneous.
11. The provisions of this Ordinance shall apply to every church of the Church of England now or hereafter established in the Colony.
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[s. 9 cont.]
Church
councils of Saint John's
Cathedral
and of Saint Andrew's Church.
Application
of
Ordinance.
Church of England Trust.
church councils for any church to which this Ordin- ance for the time being applies;
(e) the keeping of accounts by church councils; (f) the care, maintenance and administration of chapels
of ease;
(g) all other matters relating to the affairs of the trustees. (2) No amendment of the regulations shall apply in the case of any particular church council until such amendment has been adopted at a meeting of the qualified and duly enrolled electors of the church in question.
Church councils.
10. There shall be a Saint John's Cathedral church council and a Saint Andrew's Church, Kowloon, church council, and such other church councils as may be con- stituted by regulations made under this Ordinance. The primary duties of every such council, whether constituted by or under this Ordinance, shall be to co-operate with the incumbent in the initiation, conduct and development of work in the church concerned in accordance with the regulations for church councils for the time being in force and to exercise the powers conferred upon them in accordance with section 7:
Provided always that all matters connected with the religious services of the churches shall be under the immediate direction and management of the respective in- cumbents or clergymen in charge subject nevertheless to the control of the Bishop: And provided also that no change in the customary arrangement and conduct of the religious services in any church shall be made arbitrarily and without the consent of the church council, and that the incumbent or clergyman in charge shall inform the council before making any change. Any question which may then or from time to time arise between the incumbent or clergyman in charge and the church council with regard to any such change shall be referred to the Bishop who, after such consultation as he thinks best both with the incumbent or clergyman in charge and the council, shall make orders thereon against which there shall be no appeal.
Miscellaneous.
11. The provisions of this Ordinance shall apply to every church of the Church of England now or hereafter established in the Colony.
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