### Portuguese Community Education and Welfare Foundation Incorporation Ordinance 《葡僑教育及福利基金法團條例》

6. 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 government, municipality, corporation, company or person, and also to purchase, acquire and possess 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, 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: Provided that in respect of lands, buildings, messuages, tenements and mortgages such powers shall not be exercised without the consent of the Chief Executive in Council first had and obtained in each particular case. (Amended 55 of 2000 s. 3)

8. Duty to give notice of appointment to Registrar of Companies
Whenever under section 5(3) any person of the Portuguese community is appointed to succeed any member of the Board of Governors or to be an additional member of the Board of Governors, the person appointed shall within 3 months after his appointment give written notice to the Registrar of Companies of such fact.
(Replaced 21 of 1982 s. 8)

9. Execution of documents
All deeds, documents and other instruments requiring the seal of the corporation shall be sealed in the presence of 3 or more members of the Board of Governors and shall also be signed by 3 of such members so present and such signing shall be taken as sufficient evidence of the due sealing thereof.

10. Management committee
(1) The management committee shall consist of 3 persons appointed by the Board of Governors annually on the first day of July. (Amended 21 of 1982 s. 9)
(2) The chairman of the management committee shall be appointed by the Board of Governors annually on the first day of July.
(3) On the resignation, death or other determination of the membership of any member of the management committee any vacancy so caused may, if the Board of Governors deems it necessary or expedient, be filled by such Board.

### Portuguese Community Education and Welfare Foundation Incorporation Ordinance 《葡僑教育及福利基金法團條例》

11. Quorum and majority decision
(1) At any meeting—
(a) of the Board of Governors 3 members thereof shall form a quorum;
(b) of the management committee 2 members thereof shall form a quorum. (Amended 24 of 1969 s. 4)
(2) Every question at any meeting of the Board of Governors or of the management committee shall be decided by a majority of votes of the members present, and in case of an equality of votes the chairman shall have a second or casting vote.

12. Delegation of powers to management committee
The Board of Governors may from time to time delegate to the management committee such powers as the Board may consider necessary or expedient for the better management of any school established or maintained by the corporation in order to vest in the management committee the effectual control and management of any such school subject to such directions as the Board of Governors may give from time to time.

13. Power of Board of Governors to make rules
(1) The Board of Governors may make rules providing for—
(a) the control and management of the schools or school premises established or maintained or owned or occupied by the corporation, and in regard to all matters incidental to the conduct of such schools or school premises;
(b) the holding of meetings of the Board of Governors or of the management committee and the conduct of business thereat;
(c) the keeping of accounts of moneys received and expended by the management committee;
(d) all other matters which are necessary for the management and control of the Board of Governors or of the management committee.
(2) No rules made by the Board of Governors under subsection (1) shall be binding unless such rules have been passed by a majority of members present and voting.

14. 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 55 of 2000 s. 3)

### Daughters of Mary Help of Christians Incorporation Ordinance 《母佑會法團條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians Incorporation Ordinance.

2. Incorporation
The Mother Provincial in Hong Kong of the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians 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 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, 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. (Amended 15 of 2003 s. 2)

4. Property transferred to corporation to pass to successors
The legal estate in any property whatsoever transferred to the corporation in any manner whatsoever shall in the event of the death of the Mother Provincial in Hong Kong of the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians for the time being or in the event of her ceasing to hold office as such Mother Provincial pass to her successor in such office when appointed.
(Amended 32 of 1999 s. 3)

5. Execution of documents
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 Mother Provincial in Hong Kong of the said Institute or of her attorney duly authorized and such deeds and instruments and all other documents, instruments and writings requiring the signature of the corporation shall be signed by such Mother Provincial or her attorney.
(Amended 32 of 1999 s. 3)

### Daughters of Mary Help of Christians Incorporation Ordinance 《母佑會法團條例》

6. Appointment of Mother Provincial
(1) Whenever any person is appointed to the office of Mother Provincial in Hong Kong of the said Institute such person shall within three weeks after her appointment or within such further time as may be allowed by the Chief Executive furnish to the Chief Executive satisfactory evidence of her 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)
(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)