### Chinese Rhenish Church, Hong Kong Synod, Incorporation Ordinance 《中華基督敎禮賢會香港區會法團條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Chinese Rhenish Church, Hong Kong Synod, Incorporation Ordinance.

2. Interpretation
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—
Chairman and Vice-Chairman (主席及副主席) means respectively the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Synod elected in accordance with the constitution;
constitution (章程) means the rules or regulations governing the Synod for the time being in force together with any amendments thereto made from time to time in accordance with such rules or regulations;
Synod Committee (區董會) means the members of the Synod Committee duly elected in accordance with the constitution and including the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Synod and having the power of management and control of the affairs of the Synod in accordance with the constitution;
The Chinese Rhenish Church, Hong Kong Synod (中華基督敎禮賢會香港區會) or the Hong Kong Synod (香港區會) or the Synod (區會) means the representatives, pastors and preachers of such Chinese Rhenish Churches in Hong Kong and the representatives of educational and charitable organizations established by the Synod as are or shall be members of the Synod in accordance with the constitution.

3. Appointment of Chairman and Vice-Chairman
(1) Whenever any person is appointed to the office of Chairman and whenever any person is appointed to the office of Vice-Chairman such persons shall, within three weeks after their respective appointments or within such further time as may be allowed by the Chief Secretary for Administration, furnish to the Chief Secretary for Administration satisfactory evidence of their respective appointments.
(2) A notification in the Gazette under the hand of the Chief Secretary for Administration that such evidence has been furnished to the Chief Secretary for Administration by such persons shall be conclusive evidence of such appointments. (Amended 32 of 1999 s. 3)
(Amended L.N. 226 of 1976; L.N. 242 of 1994; L.N. 362 of 1997)

4. Proof of membership and of constitution
A certificate under the hand of the Chairman, or in his absence from Hong Kong of the Vice-Chairman— (Amended 32 of 1999 s. 3)
(a) that any person therein named is a member of the Synod; or
(b) that any rules or regulations annexed to such certificate are the constitution,
shall be accepted for all purposes as sufficient proof of the fact that such person is a member of the Synod, or that the constitution was duly made and is in force.

5. Incorporation. Powers of corporation
(1) The Synod shall be a body corporate under the name of “The Chinese Rhenish Church, Hong Kong Synod”, hereinafter referred to as the corporation

### Chinese Rhenish Church, Hong Kong Synod, Incorporation Ordinance 《中華基督敎禮賢會香港區會法團條例》

6. Seal
All deeds, documents and other instruments requiring the seal of the corporation shall be sealed therewith in the presence of the Chairman, or in his absence from Hong Kong, of the Vice-Chairman, and shall also be signed by the Chairman, or by the Vice-Chairman. The seal shall be kept in the custody of the Chairman, or in his absence from Hong Kong, in the custody of the Vice-Chairman.
(Amended 32 of 1999 s. 3)

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

8. 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)

### Hong Kong Housing Society Incorporation Ordinance 《香港房屋協會法團條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Hong Kong Housing Society Incorporation Ordinance.

2. Interpretation
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—
constitution (章程) means the constitution of the Hong Kong Housing Society approved from time to time by its members of the time being.

3. Incorporation
The Hong Kong Housing Society shall be a body corporate, hereinafter called the corporation

4. Powers of corporation
The corporation shall have full power—
(a) to acquire, by purchase, lease, exchange or otherwise, hold and enjoy land, buildings, messuages and tenements of what nature or kind soever in Hong Kong; (Amended 44 of 2000 s. 3)
(b) to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, vessels, goods and chattels of what nature or kind soever;
(c) to invest moneys on deposit in any bank in Hong Kong or in any government bonds or on mortgage of any land, buildings, messuages or tenements in Hong Kong, or in or on debenture, debenture-stocks, stocks, funds, shares or securities of any corporation or company carrying on business in Hong Kong; (Amended 44 of 2000 s. 3)
(d) to grant, sell, convey, assign, surrender, yield up, mortgage, demise, let, reassign, transfer or otherwise dispose of, any land, or buildings, messuages, tenements, mortgages, debentures, debenture-stock, funds, securities, vessels, goods and chattels for the time being vested in the Society, upon such terms as the Society may deem fit;
(e) to erect any buildings, messuages or tenements and effect any improvement thereto;
(f) to borrow money upon such terms as the Society shall think fit, and to raise money by public or private subscription;
(g) to enter into any agreement and engage any contractor or other agent; and
(h) generally to do such other things as may appear to be incidental or conducive to the aims and objects of the corporation as provided by its constitution, or the purposes aforesaid or any of them.

5. Members
The corporation shall consist of such members as may be provided by its constitution.

6. Existing constitution to become constitution of corporation
The existing constitution of the unincorporated Hong Kong Housing Society shall be the constitution of the corporation, but the same may be changed or amended by the corporation at any time and from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the constitution for the time being in force.

### Hong Kong Housing Society Incorporation Ordinance 《香港房屋協會法團條例》

7. Filing of constitution and names of executive members
A copy of the constitution of the corporation and of any amendment thereto, and a list of the names and addresses of the members of the executive committee of the corporation and of any amendment thereto, certified in each case as correct by the chairman of the executive committee or by the Executive Director of the corporation, shall be forwarded to the Registrar of Companies for registration.
(Amended 79 of 1979 s. 2)

8. Registration fee
The corporation shall pay such fee for registering any document with any public registry as may be payable under any enactment relating thereto.

9. Inspection and search fee
Any person may inspect any of the documents registered by the corporation in pursuance of section 7, upon payment of such fee as may be payable under any enactment relating thereto.

10. Sealing of deeds
All deeds, documents and other instruments requiring the seal of the corporation shall be signed by the chairman of the executive committee and the Executive Director of the corporation or by such other person or persons as the executive committee shall from time to time appoint and such signing shall be taken as sufficient evidence of the due sealing of such deeds, documents and other instruments.
(Amended 79 of 1979 s. 2)

11. 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 44 of 2000 s. 3)