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Annual church meeting:

Church of England Trust.

REGULATIONS FOR CHURCH COUNCILS-cont.

The church concerned shall if their claim is allowed be entered and they shall remain on the roll as long as their title to be qualified electors in the church concerned continues.

(2) The initial rolls shall be formed by the Dean for the Cathedral and the Vicar of Saint Andrew's Church, Kowloon, for Saint Andrew's Church, Kowloon, and in the case of other churches by the respective incumbents.

(3) Each roll shall be kept and revised by the church council concerned when it is constituted. It shall be annually revised not less than twenty-eight days before the annual church meeting. Notice of such revision shall be affixed at the place or places hereinafter prescribed with respect to notice convening the said annual church meeting fourteen days at least before such revision takes place.

(4) The roll shall be published by being affixed at or near the principal door of the church concerned in such manner as the church council (or in the case of an initial roll, as the incumbent) shall appoint and except in the case of the initial roll shall be open for the enrolment of new voters continuously up to fourteen days before the annual church meeting.

(5) Qualified electors are persons of either sex of eighteen years and upwards who---

(a) are baptized and are members of the Church of England or a Church in communion therewith; and

(b) do not belong to any religious body which is not in communion with the Church of England; and

(c) are not entered upon the electoral roll of any other church in the Diocese; and

(d) have signed the declaration set forth hereunder.

I,

being a worshipper at [name of church]

declare that I have attained the age of eighteen years and reside at and am a member of the Church of England or a Church in communion therewith and do not belong to any religious body which is not in communion with the Church of England and that I am not entered upon the electoral roll of any other church in the Diocese.

Dated this day of (Signed) 19

(6) The number of qualified persons on the electoral roll shall be reported each year to the Bishop or his commissary within one month after the annual church meeting.

Annual church meeting.

17. (1) There shall be held annually in connexion with each church before 15th February the annual church meeting of qualified and duly enrolled electors-

(a) for electing representatives to the board of the trustees of the Church of England in the Diocese of Victoria, Hong Kong;

(b) for electing the church council;

(c) for electing representatives to the Diocesan Conference;

(d) for electing sidesmen;

(e) for electing an auditor;

(f) for receiving from the church council and considering-

(i) a copy or copies of the electoral roll;

(ii) an annual report on its proceedings;

(iii) a statement of the financial affairs of the church;

(g) for the transaction of any other business connected with the affairs of the church.

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