### Hop Yat Church of The Church of Christ in China Incorporation Ordinance 《中華基督教會合一堂法團條例》

5. Vesting of property
On the commencement# of this Ordinance—
(a) all those pieces or parcels of ground specified in the second column of the Schedule, together with all rights, easements and appurtenances thereto belonging, shall vest in the Corporation for the unexpired residue of the respective terms of years created by the Crown leases and Conditions of Grant specified opposite thereto in the third column of the Schedule, subject to payment of the rent and performance of the covenants and conditions reserved by and contained in the said Crown leases and Conditions of Grant; and
(b) the Corporation shall succeed to all other property, rights, privileges, obligations and liabilities of the trustees for the time being of the Hop Yat Tong Church of Christ Hong Kong incorporated under the repealed Hop Yat Tong Church of Christ Hong Kong Incorporation Ordinance (Cap. 1027, 1964 Ed.).

Editorial Note:
# Commencement date: 22 September 1967.

6. Members of the Corporation
The Corporation shall consist of the following members—
(a) all ministers and preachers for the time being of the Hop Yat Church;
(b) all deacons and deaconesses for the time being of the Hop Yat Church;
(c) the chairman, vice-chairman, and secretary for the time being of the Council of each Unit Church; and
(d) representatives for the time being from the Council of each Unit Church, which shall be entitled to have one elected member in respect of every 100 adult-members registered with such Unit Church to represent it in the Corporation: provided that the maximum number of the representatives of each Unit Church shall not exceed 5.

7. Council of Unit Church
Each Unit Church shall have a Council, and the organization, powers and duties of such Council shall be prescribed by the constitution for the time being of the Hop Yat Church.

8. Existing constitution to be constitution of Corporation
(1) The existing constitution of the Hop Yat Church shall be the constitution of the Corporation.
(2) Amendments to the constitution shall be proposed in writing to the Council of Representatives by 2 deacons and 3 elected members of one or more Councils of the Unit Churches or by 10 voting members of the Church, and no amendments shall be made unless such amendment or amendments shall have been passed by three-fourths of the members of the Council of Representatives present at the meeting convened for the purpose.
(3) Any such amendment shall not come into operation until it has been published in the Church bulletin 4 consecutive weeks for the information of the members and no objection thereto has been raised within 30 days from the first publication.
(4) The constitution shall not be amended without the consent in writing of the Registrar of Companies.

### Hop Yat Church of The Church of Christ in China Incorporation Ordinance 《中華基督教會合一堂法團條例》

9. Registration
(1) The Corporation shall forward to the Registrar of Companies for registration the following—
(a) notice of the address of the registered office of the Corporation and any change thereto;
(b) a copy of the constitution and any amendment thereto, certified as correct by the Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Corporation;
(c) a list of the names and addresses of the members for the time being of the Corporation and any change therein, certified as correct by the Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Corporation; and
(d) the name and address of any person appointed under section 10 to sign deeds, documents and other instruments, and any change therein certified as correct by the Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Corporation.
(2) Notification in accordance with subsection (1) shall be made within 28 days of the commencement* of this Ordinance or within 28 days of any amendment, change or appointment as the case may be.
(3) Any person may inspect any of the documents registered under this section upon payment of such fee as may be payable under the regulations made under section 26 of the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 622) for the inspection of a document. (Amended 28 of 2012 ss. 912 & 920)
(4) The Corporation shall pay such fees for registering any document with any public registry as may be payable under the regulations made under section 26 of the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 622) for the registration of a document with the Registrar of Companies. (Amended L.N. 31 of 1968; 28 of 2012 ss. 912 & 920)

Editorial Note:
* Commencement date: 22 September 1967.

10. Seal
(1) The seal of the Corporation shall not be affixed to any deed, document or instrument except by the authority of a resolution of the Corporation.
(2) All deeds, documents and other instruments requiring the seal of the Corporation shall be signed by any 3 of the 6 members of the Properties Management Committee of the Corporation and such signing shall be taken as sufficient evidence of the due sealing of such deeds, documents and other instruments.

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 33 of 1999 s. 3)

### Hong Kong Chinese Christian Churches Union Incorporation Ordinance 《香港華人基督教聯會法團條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Hong Kong Chinese Christian Churches Union Incorporation Ordinance.

2. Interpretation
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—
board of directors (董事會) means the board of directors who have the power of management and control of the affairs of the Union in accordance with the constitution;
chairman (主席) and vice-chairman (副主席) mean the chairman and vice-chairman of the board of directors;
constitution (會章) means the rules or regulations governing the Union for the time being in force together with any amendment thereto made from time to time in accordance with such rules or regulations;
The Hong Kong Chinese Christian Churches Union (香港華人基督教聯會) or the Union (聯會) means the representatives of such Chinese Christian Churches in Hong Kong as are or shall be members of the Union in accordance with the constitution. (Amended 33 of 1999 s. 3)

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 L.N. 226 of 1976; L.N. 242 of 1994; L.N. 362 of 1997)

4. Proof of membership of the Union and proof of the constitution
A certificate under the hand of the chairman, or in his absence from Hong Kong, of the vice-chairman— (Amended 33 of 1999 s. 3)
(a) that any person therein named is a member of the Union; 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 Union, or that the constitution was duly made and is in force.

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