### Hong Kong Baptist Church Incorporation Ordinance 《香港浸信教會法團條例》

8. New trustees; their appointment and tenure of office
(1) At the annual general meeting of members of the church held in each year, six new trustees shall be elected by members of the church as follows—
(a) three deacons who have been proposed by the deacons of the church;
(b) three members of the committee who have been proposed by the members of the committee.
(2) If there shall only be one clergyman or preacher then he shall be ex officio a trustee but if there shall be more than one, then the members of the church shall elect in the church during the month of January each year a presiding clergyman or preacher from among the number of clergymen or preachers, and such presiding clergyman or preacher shall be ex officio a trustee.
(3) Subject to the provisions of section 7, trustees when elected shall hold office until the annual general meeting of members of the church in the following year. Trustees whose terms of office have expired shall be eligible for re-election.

9. Filling casual vacancies among trustees
If the office of a trustee be vacated other than through the expiration of the term of office then a new trustee shall be elected by the members of the church from among the class of members of the church who proposed the trustee whose office is vacated and such new trustee shall hold office until the next annual general meeting of the members of the church.

10. Notification of changes of trustees
(1) Any change in membership of the trustees shall within three weeks of such change be notified in writing to the Chief Secretary for Administration and by the publication of a notice in the Gazette. (Amended L.N. 226 of 1976; L.N. 242 of 1994; L.N. 362 of 1997)
(2) No such change shall be deemed to have been made until a notification of such change has been published in the Gazette.
(3) The production of a copy of the Gazette containing any such notification shall be prima facie evidence of a change in membership of the trustees.
(4) The trustees shall when required by the Chief Executive furnish to him satisfactory proof of the succession, election or appointment of any new trustee. (Amended 32 of 1999 s. 3)

11. Appointment of chairman, vice-chairman, and secretary
The trustees when elected shall appoint a chairman, a vice-chairman, and a secretary from among their number.

12. Execution of deeds
All deeds, documents and other instruments requiring the seal of the corporation shall be sealed in the presence of three or more of the trustees, one of whom must be a trustee ex officio and shall also be signed by the three of such trustees present and such signing shall be and be taken as sufficient evidence of the due sealing thereof.

### Hong Kong Baptist Church Incorporation Ordinance 《香港浸信教會法團條例》

13. Appointment and removal of clergyman or preacher
The members of the church may at a general meeting of the members appoint a clergyman or clergymen or preacher or preachers to perform and carry on divine worship and the services usual in the Baptist Churches and may also appoint a preacher or preachers and other officers or staff to assist the presiding clergyman or preacher to carry on all matters connected with the religious services or other affairs of the church under the immediate direction of the presiding clergyman or preacher, and may remove all or any of them.

14. Custody of documents
All books, deeds, papers and other documents belonging to the church shall be under the care and custody of some one or more persons appointed by the trustees.

15. Power of committee to make regulations
All regulations relating to the affairs of the church otherwise than those specifically provided for by this Ordinance shall be drawn up by a committee appointed by the members of the church for such purpose and shall be submitted to the general meeting for approval.

16. Regulations not binding until approved
No regulations made by any committee under section 15 shall be binding on the members of the church unless such regulations have been passed by a majority of members present and voting at a general meeting of members.

17. 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)

### Brewin Trust Fund Ordinance 《蒲魯賢慈善信託基金條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Brewin Trust Fund Ordinance.

2. Interpretation
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—
charitable institution (慈善機構) means a charitable institution or trust of a public character which is exempt from tax under section 88 of the Inland Revenue Ordinance (Cap. 112); (Replaced 21 of 1994 s. 2)
committee (委員會) means the committee appointed under section 5;
widow (寡婦) includes a concubine and a mother of a child not born in wedlock.

3. Establishment and vesting of fund
(1) There is hereby established a trust fund to be known as the Brewin Trust Fund, hereinafter referred to as the fund

### Brewin Trust Fund Ordinance 《蒲魯賢慈善信託基金條例》

4. Object of trust fund
(1) Subject to this section, the trustee shall hold and stand possessed of the fund upon trust to apply the fund in such manner and to such extent as the committee may direct for the object of the maintenance and benefit of—
(a) widows, widowers and orphans resident in Hong Kong; and
(b) workmen (including females) who, having been employed in Hong Kong, have become wholly or in part incapacitated for work by reason of age, sickness, disablement or otherwise,
who appear to require such maintenance and benefit in the opinion of—
(i) the committee;
(ii) in the case of a direction given under subsection (2)(a), the trustee;
(iii) in the case of a direction given under subsection (2)(b), the Government department or charitable institution specified in the direction.
(2) The committee may give a direction in writing to the trustee—
(a) to apply for the object specified in subsection (1), and subject to the terms and conditions, if any, specified in the direction, such amount of the moneys of the fund as is specified in the direction; or
(b) to allocate to a Government department or charitable institution specified in the direction such amount of the moneys of the fund as is specified in the direction for the purpose of the application of those moneys—
(i) by that department or institution;
(ii) for the object specified in subsection (1); and
(iii) subject to the terms and conditions, if any, specified in the direction.
(3) Where a direction is given under subsection (2)—
(a) the trustee shall comply with that direction; and
(b) in the case of such a direction given under paragraph (b) of that subsection—
(i) the trustee shall give a copy of the direction to the Government department or charitable institution specified in the direction; and
(ii) that Government department or charitable institution shall apply the moneys specified in the direction for the object specified in subsection (1) subject to the terms and conditions, if any, specified in the direction.
(Replaced 21 of 1994 s. 3)