### Tsung Tsin Mission of Hong Kong Incorporation Ordinance 《基督教香港崇真會法團條例》

6. Appointment of President
(1) Whenever any person is appointed to the office of President in Hong Kong of the Tsung Tsin Mission of Hong Kong, 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 at a general meeting of members of the Tsung Tsin Mission of Hong Kong.
(Amended 4 of 2000 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 4 of 2000 s. 3)

### St. John’s College Ordinance 《聖約翰學院條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the St. John’s College Ordinance.

2. Interpretation
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—
College (學院) means the College of St. John the Evangelist;
constitution (憲章) means the constitution set out in the Schedule and any subsequent amendments thereto;
council (院務委員會) means the council of the College established in accordance with the constitution;
Master (院長) means the Master of the College;
members (成員) means the President, Master, Fellows, Honorary Fellows and treasurer, the members of the council, the graduates of the University who have been registered as undergraduate members of the College or of St. John’s Hall or of St. Stephen’s Hall and the undergraduates of the University registered as such and for the time being residing in the College;
President (會長) means the President of the College;
rules (規則) means rules made by the council under section 6;
treasurer (司庫) means the treasurer of the College;
University (大學) means the University of Hong Kong.

3. Establishment and incorporation
There shall be established in Hong Kong a college affiliated to the University styled the “College of St. John the Evangelist” by which name the members of the College are hereby constituted a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and with full power by and in such name to sue and be sued.
(Amended 53 of 2000 s. 3)

### St. John’s College Ordinance 《聖約翰學院條例》

4. Powers
(1) The College 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 government, municipality, corporation, company or person, and also to purchase, acquire and possess vessels and other goods and chattels of what nature and kind soever.
(2) The College shall further have power to grant, sell, convey, assign, surrender, exchange, partition, yield up, mortgage, demise, reassign, transfer and otherwise dispose of any lands, buildings, messuages, tenements, mortgages, debentures, stocks, funds, shares or securities, or vessels or other goods and chattels, which are for the time being vested in or belonging to the College, upon such terms as to the College may seem fit.
(3) Without limiting subsections (1) and (2), the College has the powers to—
(a) borrow or otherwise raise moneys and may do so on the securities or terms (including, without limitation, the giving of guarantee, the issuance of letter of support to financial and non-financial institutions) that it thinks expedient; and
(b) invest any money belonging to the College in the manner and to the extent that it thinks expedient. (Added 12 of 2020 s. 3)
(4) To avoid doubt, the powers contained in subsections (1) and (2) include the powers for the College to acquire, hold and dispose of interest in other corporate bodies and take part in forming corporate bodies. (Added 12 of 2020 s. 3)
(5) In exercising any of its powers, the College may either exercise alone or in association with any other person or body corporate. (Added 12 of 2020 s. 3)

5. Government of College
The College shall be governed, administered and managed in accordance with—
(a) the provisions of this Ordinance, of the constitution and of the rules; and
(b) the provisions of regulations made by the Senate of the University from time to time governing the residence, welfare and discipline of students.

### St. John’s College Ordinance 《聖約翰學院條例》

6. Council
(1) There shall be a council, which shall be the governing body of the College.
(2) The council shall exercise the powers set out in section 4 and in addition shall have power—
(a) to appoint Fellows and Honorary Fellows;
(b) to make, and from time to time to alter, rules for the administration, control and management of the College;
(c) to provide the buildings, premises, furniture, and other requirements needed for the College;
(d) to enter into, vary, carry out, and cancel contracts on behalf of the College;
(e) to select a seal for the College;
(f) to prescribe fees;
(g) to prescribe the duties of all officers whom it may appoint and to fix their remuneration and the terms and conditions of their appointments;
(h) to fix the financial year;
(i) to do all such other acts and things as may be requisite to give effect to the powers conferred on the council by this Ordinance.
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (b) of subsection (2), the power therein shall include power to make and alter rules for—
(a) the election of members to the council:
Provided that rules made under this subsection shall make due provision for the representation on the council of the graduate members of the College and of St. John’s and St. Stephen’s Halls;
(b) entry, residence and discipline of students.

7. Administrative authority
The Master and Fellows shall constitute the administrative authority of the College and, subject to the provisions of this Ordinance and the rules and to the financial control of the council, shall have the regulation of the internal management of the College.

8. Committees
The council and the Master and Fellows respectively may establish such committees with such membership as they think fit.

8A. Protection of members and other persons involved in performing functions or exercising powers
(1) A person to whom this subsection applies, acting in good faith, is not personally liable for any liability or any claim in respect of any act done or default made—
(a) in the exercise or purported exercise of the powers conferred by this Ordinance; or
(b) in the performance or purported performance of the functions or duties imposed under this Ordinance.
(2) The protection conferred on a person by subsection (1) in respect of any act or default does not affect any liability of the College for that act or default.
(3) Subsection (1) applies to—
(a) any person who falls within the definition of members in section 2;
(b) any person who is a member of any committee established under section 8; and
(c) any person who is an officer of the College as referred to in section 3 of the Schedule.
(Added 12 of 2020 s. 4)