### Church of England Trust Ordinance 《英語聖公會信託條例》

10. Church councils of Saint John’s Cathedral and of Saint Andrew’s Church
There shall be a Saint John’s Cathedral church council and a Saint Andrew’s Church, Kowloon, church council, and a Christ Church, Kowloon Tong, church council, and a church council for every other church to which this Ordinance for the time being applies. 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 that—
(a) 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
(b) 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. (Amended 33 of 1939; G.N. 840 of 1940 Supp. Schedule; 61 of 1970 s. 7)

11. Application of Ordinance
The provisions of this Ordinance shall apply to every church of the Church of England now or hereafter established in Hong Kong.
(Amended 33 of 1939; G.N. 840 of 1940 Supp. Schedule; 4 of 2000 s. 3)

12. Right of visitation
The right of visitation of churches shall lie with the Bishop who may report to the trustees any irregularities in regard to the fulfilment of the duties of any particular church council in matters delegated to it by the trustees.
(Amended 61 of 1970 s. 8)

13. Bishop’s right to use Cathedral
The Bishop shall have the right of using the Cathedral, upon due notice being given, for ordinations, confirmations and other special services, of determining the order and form of such services, and of preaching and celebrating the Holy Communion therein.

### Church of England Trust Ordinance 《英語聖公會信託條例》

15. Government grant for services at prisons and Government hospitals
It shall be lawful for the Chief Executive to appropriate such proportion of any sum which may be voted by the Legislative Council for general ecclesiastical or religious purposes as he may deem proper to the trustees, and thereupon the Dean or other clergyman nominated by the trustees, if such sum is accepted by the trustees, shall be bound when so required to provide for all requisite religious services and ministrations of the Church of England at the prisons and Government hospitals.
(Amended 4 of 2000 s. 3)

16. Power to erect memorials
(1) The trustees shall have power to decide as to the erection of memorial tablets or other memorials in any church to which this Ordinance for the time being applies or in the precincts thereof, subject in each case to the written approval of the Bishop.
(2) The trustees, subject to the written consent of the Bishop, may order the removal of any monument, tablet or other memorial in any church to which this Ordinance for the time being applies or the precincts thereof which has become ruinous, dilapidated or unsightly if the donor thereof or his representatives cannot be found or will not properly repair and maintain it to the satisfaction of the trustees:
Provided that three months’ notice of such intended removal shall be given in writing to the donor or his representatives if he or they can be found, and if not a notice signifying such intended removal shall be posted for three months in the western porch of the church concerned.
(3) Subject in each case to the written approval of the Bishop, the trustees shall have power to make alterations in a church to which this Ordinance for the time being applies or its furniture and to add to or remove ornaments therein.
(Amended 61 of 1970 s. 10)

17. Saving of the Chater Endowment Funds
Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect or be deemed to affect the Chater (Saint John’s Cathedral Church) Endowment Fund or the Chater (Saint Andrew’s Church) Endowment Fund, save that for the purposes of such funds the trustees shall be substituted for the church body and vestry respectively and shall authorize the payment of the income of such funds to the council of the church concerned.

18. 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 4 of 2000 s. 3)

### Chinese Young Men’s Christian Association Ordinance 《中華基督教青年會條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Chinese Young Men’s Christian Association Ordinance.

2. Interpretation
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—
constitution (憲章) means the constitution of the Chinese Young Men’s Christian Association of Hong Kong as set out in the Schedule hereto, or any amended constitution approved by the Chief Executive which may be made thereunder. (Amended 32 of 1999 s. 3)

3. Incorporation
(1) The directors of the Chinese Young Men’s Christian Association of Hong Kong, and their successors in office as hereinafter defined, shall be a body corporate, hereinafter called the corporation

4. 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 moneys upon mortgage of any lands, buildings, messuages, or tenements, or upon the mortgages, debentures, stocks, funds, shares or securities of any corporation or company, and also to purchase, acquire and possess steam-launches, boats and other 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, steam-launches, boats, or other goods and chattels, which are for the time being vested in or belonging to the corporation upon such terms as to the corporation may seem fit.

5. Execution of documents
All deeds and other instruments requiring the corporate seal of the corporation shall be sealed in the presence of 2 of the directors and shall be signed by 2 of the directors.

6. Internal management
All matters of internal management, including any amendment of the constitution, shall be settled and carried out in accordance with the constitution.

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)