### China Peniel Missionary Society Incorporation Ordinance 《中華便以利會法團條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the China Peniel Missionary Society Incorporation Ordinance.

2. Incorporation
The President for the time being in Hong Kong of the China Peniel Missionary Society shall be a corporation sole, hereinafter called the corporation

3. Powers of corporation
(1) The corporation shall have power to acquire, accept leases of, purchase, take, hold and enjoy any lands, buildings, messuages or tenements of what nature or kind soever and wheresoever situate, and also to invest monies upon mortgage of any lands, buildings, messuages or tenements, or upon the mortgages, debentures, stocks, funds, shares or securities of any government, municipality, corporation, or company and also to purchase, acquire, and possess goods and chattels of what nature and kind soever.
(2) The corporation shall further have power by deed under its seal to grant, sell, convey, assign, surrender, exchange, partition, yield up, mortgage, demise, reassign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any lands, buildings, messuages, tenements, mortgages, debentures, stocks, funds, shares or securities, or other goods and chattels whatsoever, which are for the time being vested in or belonging to the corporation, upon such terms as to the corporation may seem fit.

4. Transfer of property
The legal estate in any property whatsoever, transferred to the corporation in any manner whatsoever, shall in the event of death of the President for the time being in Hong Kong of the China Peniel Missionary Society, or in the event of his ceasing to hold office as such President, pass to his successor in such office when appointed.

5. Execution of deeds
All deeds and other instruments requiring the seal of the corporation shall be sealed in the presence of the person who is for the time being President in Hong Kong of the China Peniel Missionary Society or of his attorney, duly authorized, and such deeds and instruments and writings requiring the signature of the corporation shall be signed by such President or his attorney.

### China Peniel Missionary Society Incorporation Ordinance 《中華便以利會法團條例》

6. Appointment of President
(1) Whenever any person is appointed to the office of President in Hong Kong of the China Peniel Missionary Society, that person shall within three weeks after his appointment or within such further time as may be allowed by the Chief Executive, furnish to the Chief Executive satisfactory evidence of his appointment.
(2) A notification in the Gazette under the hand of the Chief Secretary for Administration that such evidence has been furnished to the Chief Executive by such person shall be conclusive evidence of such appointment. (Amended L.N. 226 of 1976; L.N. 242 of 1994; L.N. 362 of 1997)
(3) The appointment of a new President, in the event of death or for any other reason, shall be made by the majority vote of the four directors of the corporation in Hong Kong.
(Amended 32 of 1999 s. 3)

7. Saving
Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect or be deemed to affect the rights of the Central Authorities or the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region under the Basic Law and other laws, or the rights of any body politic or corporate or of any other persons except such as are mentioned in this Ordinance and those claiming by, from or under them.
(Amended 32 of 1999 s. 3)

### China Congregational Church Ordinance 《中華基督教會公理堂條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the China Congregational Church Ordinance.
(Amended 5 of 1924 s. 6)

2. Incorporation
(1) The members of the church body of the China Congregational Church in Hong Kong shall be a body corporate under the name of “The Church Body of the China Congregational Church in Hong Kong”, hereinafter called the corporation

3. Register of members
The corporation shall keep at its principal church or meeting place a register of the members of the China Congregational Church in Hong Kong, and shall enter in such register the names of all such persons as are in the opinion of the corporation proper persons to be admitted as members of the said church. Such book is hereinafter referred to as the register of members

4. Filling vacancies in church body
Upon the death or resignation or removal from office of any member of the church body aforesaid, a successor to the person so dying, retiring or being removed shall be appointed by a majority of the members of the church present at a meeting to be convened for the purpose by the corporation. The names of every person so elected shall be entered in the register of members with the date of election and particulars of the office to which such person is elected, and every such entry shall be signed by at least four members of the church body.
(Amended 43 of 1912; G.N. 246 of 1913 Supp. Schedule)

5. Conduct of services, etc.
The services of the church shall be regulated and conducted by the pastor of the church for the time being in accordance with the principles of the Christian religion based upon the Old and New Testaments, and in accordance as far as possible with the practice of the Congregational Churches now in existence in Europe and America.

6. Power to make regulations
Subject to the provisions of section 5, the corporation may make regulations for the services of the church and the management of its property and affairs generally. All such regulations shall be laid before a meeting of the members convened for the purpose and if approved by a majority of the members present at such meeting shall be binding on the corporation and upon all members of the church. A copy of any such regulations sealed with the common seal of the corporation and countersigned by any four members of the church body shall be accepted as evidence of such regulations having been regularly made and confirmed.
(Amended 43 of 1912; G.N. 246 of 1913 Supp. Schedule)

7. Removal of members
The regulations may provide for the removal from office or from membership of the church of any member of the church body or the church by the vote of at least two-thirds of the members of the church.

### China Congregational Church Ordinance 《中華基督教會公理堂條例》

8. Convening meetings
Every meeting held under this Ordinance may be convened by posting a notice of the time and place for holding such meeting, and the nature of the business to be discussed, upon the door of the principal church or other meeting place of the corporation in Hong Kong on the two Sundays next preceding the date of the meeting.

9. Use of seal
All deeds, documents and other instruments requiring the seal of the corporation shall be sealed with the common seal of the corporation and signed by at least four of the members of the church body for the time being.

10. Saving
Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect or be deemed to affect the rights of the Central Authorities or the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region under the Basic Law and other laws, or the rights of any body politic or corporate or of any other persons except such as are mentioned in this Ordinance and those claiming by, from or under them.
(Replaced 37 of 1950 Schedule. Amended 32 of 1999 s. 3)

### Society of Boys’ Centres Incorporation Ordinance 《香港扶幼會法團條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Society of Boys’ Centres Incorporation Ordinance.

2. Interpretation
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—
Chairman (主席) means the Chairman for the time being of the Executive Committee;
constitution (章程) means the constitution of the Society for the time being in force;
Executive Committee (執行委員會) means the Executive Committee of the Society;
existing society (原有扶幼會) means the Society of Boys’ Centres existing immediately prior to the commencement* of this Ordinance;
Society (扶幼會) means the Society of Boys’ Centres incorporated by section 3.

Editorial Note:
* Commencement date: 10 April 1981.

3. Incorporation
The Society of Boys’ Centres shall be a body corporate and in that name shall have perpetual succession and may sue and be sued in all courts in Hong Kong and shall have, and may use, a common seal.