1964 Ed.]
Order of St. John.
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CHAPTER 1047.
ORDER OF ST. JOHN.
To further and protect the activities in Hong Kong of the Venerable Order of St. John of Jerusalem and to incorporate the Chairman, the Vice-Chairman and the Secretary of the Council of the Order of St. John in Hong Kong for the time being as Custodian Trustees.
WHEREAS
[29th June, 1951.]
(a) the St. John Ambulance Association is a foundation of an Order formerly designated the Grand Priory of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England, which was duly incorporated by a Charter granted on the 14th day of May, 1888, by Her Late Majesty Queen Victoria, and now designated the Grand Priory in the British Realm of the Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem by virtue of a Charter granted on the 12th day of June, 1926, by His Late Majesty King George V;
(b) the Order since its incorporation has three foundations, to wit—
The St. John Ophthalmic Hospital at Jerusalem,
The St. John Ambulance Association, and
The St. John Ambulance Brigade;
(c) in the year 1884 a Branch of the said St. John Ambulance Association was established in the Colony;
(d) in the year 1916 a District of the St. John Ambulance Brigade was established in the Colony; and
(e) in the year 1949 a Council of the Order was established in the Colony charged with the governance of the activities of the Order in the Colony in accordance with the commands and regulations given by the Chapter-General of the Order from time to time:
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Order of St. John Ordinance.
2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires— "Association" means the St. John Ambulance Association in Hong Kong;
"Brigade" means the St. John Ambulance Brigade in the Colony and includes all ambulance, nursing and cadet divisions of the Brigade in the Colony;
"Council" means the Hong Kong Council of the Order;
Originally 22 of 1951.
Preamble.
Short title.
Interpretation.
1964 Ed.]
Order of St. John.
[CAP. 1047
1
CHAPTER 1047.
ORDER OF ST. JOHN.
To further and protect the activities in Hong Kong of the Vener- able Order of St. John of Jerusalem and to incorporate the Chairman, the Vice-Chairman and the Secretary of the Coun- cil of the Order of St. John in Hong Kong for the time being as Custodian Trustees. "
WHEREAS
[29th June, 1951.]
(a) the St. John Ambulance Association is a foundation of an Order formerly designated the Grand Priory of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in Eng- land, which was duly incorporated by a Charter granted on the 14th day of May, 1888, by Her Late Majesty Queen Victoria, and now designated the Grand Priory in the British Realm of the Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem by virtue of a Charter granted on the 12th day of June, 1926, by His Late Majesty King George V;
(b) the Order since its incorporation has three foundations,
to wit-
The St. John Ophthalmic Hospital at Jerusalem,
The St. John Ambulance Association, and
The St. John Ambulance Brigade;
(c) in the year 1884 a Branch of the said St. John Ambulance
Association was established in the Colony;
(d) in the year 1916 a District of the St. John Ambulance
Brigade was established in the Colony; and
(e) in the year 1949 a Council of the Order was established in the Colony charged with the governance of the activi- ties of the Order in the Colony in accordance with the commands and regulations given by the Chapter-General of the Order from time to time:
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Order of St. John Ordinance.
2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires- "Association" means the St. John Ambulance Association in
Hong Kong;
"Brigade" means the St. John Ambulance Brigade in the Colony and includes all ambulance, nursing and cadet divisions of the Brigade in the Colony;
"Council" means the Hong Kong Council of the Order;
Originally 22 of 1951.
Preamble.
Short title.
Interpretation.
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