### Zetland Hall Trustees Incorporation Ordinance 《雍仁會館信託人法團條例》

3. Successors in office
(1) If at any time any of the lodges specified in the Schedule or whose names shall have been added thereto in manner hereinbefore provided shall wish to appoint a new representative in succession to or in substitution for the representative specified in the statutory declaration referred to in section 2 it shall be lawful for the said lodge so to do and the said new representative shall be deemed to be a trustee in succession to or in substitution for the said former representative upon the filing with the Registrar of Companies of a certificate of the fact of such election certified under the hand of the secretary of the Zetland Hall Trustees. (Replaced 20 of 1949 s. 3)
(2) The power of electing a new representative shall apply in the case of persons elected under subsection (1) in the same way as it applies in the case of the persons specified in the statutory declarations referred to in section 2(1). (Amended 33 of 1939; G.N. 840 of 1940 Supp. Schedule)

4. Use of property
The trustees shall manage and maintain a hall or halls, to be used, occupied and enjoyed as a meeting place for the members of the lodges the names of which appear in the Schedule or which shall have been from time to time added thereto in accordance with the provisions of section 2, and may permit the said hall or halls to be used, occupied and enjoyed as a meeting place for the members of other masonic lodges, chapters and bodies, and may at their discretion furnish and equip such hall or halls.
(Amended 20 of 1949 s. 5; 62 of 1977 s. 4)

5. Fees and rents for use of property
The trustees may charge such fees, rents and charges for the use of the properties of the trustees as may seem expedient to the trustees.
(Amended 62 of 1977 s. 4)

6. Apportionment of surplus funds
The trustees may from time to time give and pay over in equal shares to the lodges specified in the Schedule together with other lodges whose names have from time to time been added to the Schedule in manner provided in section 2 any funds not required for the purposes of the maintenance or development of the properties of the trustees.
(Replaced 20 of 1949 s. 6. Amended 62 of 1977 s. 4)

### Zetland Hall Trustees Incorporation Ordinance 《雍仁會館信託人法團條例》

6A. Distribution of assets
(1) If at any time the trustees are of the opinion that they can no longer serve any purpose for the benefit of freemasonry in Hong Kong and that such position is likely to remain unchanged in the then foreseeable future, the trustees shall convert into money such of their assets as they are able.
(2) After such conversion the trustees shall—
(a) pay to each lodge then listed in the Schedule the sum of HK$5,000; but if the funds of the trustees are insufficient for this purpose the trustees shall pay the entire funds to the lodges in equal shares; and
(b) divide any balance of the funds that may remain after such payments among the English, Scottish and Irish Constitutions according to the proportion in which those constitutions are represented by the lodges then listed in the Schedule and pay the shares thus found to the respective District Treasurers.
(Added 62 of 1977 s. 5)

7. Meetings of trustees
(1) The secretary shall convene a general meeting of trustees during the month of May in each year at which the trustees shall elect from among their own number a chairman and a deputy chairman who shall hold office until the conclusion of the general meeting in the next succeeding year.
(2) Other meetings may be convened by the secretary or any trustee.
(3) Five trustees personally present shall be a quorum for the purposes of any meeting of the trustees.
(4) The chairman of the trustees shall preside at any meeting of the trustees, but if the chairman is absent, any such meeting shall be presided over by—
(a) the deputy chairman; or
(b) in the absence of the deputy chairman a trustee elected from among those present at the meeting.
(5) All questions arising at any meeting of the trustees shall be decided by the majority of votes cast and in the event of an equality of votes the chairman of the trustees or other person presiding shall have a casting as well as a deliberative vote.
(6) Not less than 14 days’ notice shall be given of any meeting and any trustee may, upon giving not less than 7 days’ written notice to the secretary, appoint a proxy to speak and vote for him at that meeting:
Provided that such proxy shall have previously been generally or specifically approved in open lodge by the lodge by whom such trustee was appointed.
(Replaced 62 of 1977 s. 6)

7A. Appointment of officers
(1) The trustees shall from time to time appoint a secretary and a treasurer who shall fill their respective positions until a replacement has been appointed.
(2) At the general meeting referred to in section 7(1) the treasurer shall present audited accounts in respect of the year ended on the previous 31 December.
(Added 62 of 1977 s. 7)

### Zetland Hall Trustees Incorporation Ordinance 《雍仁會館信託人法團條例》

8. Execution of documents
(1) All deeds, documents and other instruments requiring the seal of the trustees shall be sealed by one of the trustees and signed by not less than 3 of the trustees.
(2) All documents which are required by law to be signed by the trustees shall be signed by 3 of the trustees.
(Amended 62 of 1977 s. 8)

9. Fees
(1) The trustees shall pay such fees for registering any document with any public registry as may be payable under the regulations made under section 26 of the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 622) for the registration with the Registrar of Companies of a document.
(2) Any person may inspect any of the documents registered under this section upon payment of such fee as may be payable under the regulations made under section 26 of the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 622) for the inspection of a document.
(Replaced 96 of 1995 s. 3. Amended 28 of 2012 ss. 912 & 920)

10. Saving
Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect or be deemed to affect the rights of Her Majesty the Queen, Her Heirs or Successors, 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.