### London Missionary Society Incorporation Ordinance 《倫敦傳道會法團條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the London Missionary Society Incorporation Ordinance.
(Amended 5 of 1924 s. 6)

2. Incorporation of the Senior Missionary in Hong Kong of the London Missionary Society
The holder of the appointment of Senior Missionary in Hong Kong of the London Missionary Society shall be a body corporate, hereinafter called the said corporation

3. Use of seal
All deeds, documents, and other instruments requiring the seal of the said corporation shall be sealed with the seal of the said corporation in the presence of the said Senior Missionary or his attorney duly authorized, and shall also be signed by him or his attorney, and such signing shall be and be taken as sufficient evidence of the due sealing of such deeds, documents, and other instruments.
(Amended 50 of 1911; 51 of 1911; 1 of 1912 Schedule; 2 of 1912 Schedule)

4. 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.
(Replaced 37 of 1950 Schedule. Amended 33 of 1999 s. 3)

### Kowloon Union Church Incorporation Ordinance 《九龍佑寧堂法團條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Kowloon Union Church Incorporation Ordinance.

2. Incorporation
The trustees for the time being of the Kowloon Union Church shall be a body corporate under the name of the “Trustees of the Kowloon Union Church”, hereinafter referred to as the corporation

3. Succession and seal
The corporation by the name aforesaid shall have perpetual succession and shall and may sue and be sued in all courts and shall and may have and use a common seal and may from time to time break, change, alter and make anew the said seal as to the corporation may seem fit.

4. Power to acquire property
The corporation shall have power to acquire, accept leases of, purchase, take, hold and enjoy any lands, buildings, messuages or tenements of whatever nature or kind soever and wheresoever situate also any endowments of the Kowloon Union Church and the investments and securities representing the same, and also to invest moneys upon mortgage of any lands, buildings, messuages or tenements or upon mortgages, debentures, stocks, funds, shares or securities of any government, municipality, corporation, company or person and also to purchase, acquire and possess goods and chattels of whatever nature and kind soever.

5. Power to dispose of property
The corporation shall further have power by deed under its seal to grant, sell, convey, assign, lease, 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, 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.

6. Appointment of new trustees
(1) When any persons are appointed trustees of the Kowloon Union Church in accordance with the constitution of the said Church such persons shall within three weeks after appointment or within such further time as may be allowed by the Chief Executive, furnish the Chief Executive with satisfactory evidence of their 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 any 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. Use of seal
All deeds and other instruments requiring the seal of the corporation shall be sealed with the common seal of the corporation and signed by at least two of the trustees.

### Kowloon Union Church Incorporation Ordinance 《九龍佑寧堂法團條例》

8. Services
The services at the Kowloon Union Church shall be regulated and conducted in accordance with the constitution of the said Church and in such manner as to provide that fellowship in public worship and in spiritual communion and service which is the privilege and usance of all Christians and to spread the knowledge of the purpose of God in Jesus Christ and to unite in fellowship Christians of various denominations and of different countries in the worship of God in accordance with the principles and usages of Protestant Evangelical Christians.

9. 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)

10. Definitions
The expression Kowloon Union Church (九龍佑寧堂) shall, unless the context otherwise requires, refer not only to the Church buildings from time to time used as the Kowloon Union Church but also to the members of the said Church duly enrolled in accordance with the constitution of the said Church. The expression the constitution of the said Church (上述佑寧堂的章程) means the code of rules and regulations for management and conduct of the Kowloon Union Church adopted by the members thereof at the date of this Ordinance or as the same may be altered from time to time in the prescribed manner.

### Kowloon Tong Church of the Chinese Christian and Missionary Alliance Incorporation Ordinance 《香港九龍塘基督教中華宣道會法團條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Kowloon Tong Church of the Chinese Christian and Missionary Alliance Incorporation Ordinance.

2. Description and incorporation
The trustees for the time being of the Kowloon Tong Church of the Chinese Christian and Missionary Alliance shall be a body corporate, hereinafter called the corporation, and shall have the name “The Trustees of the Kowloon Tong Church of the Chinese Christian and Missionary Alliance”, and in that name shall have perpetual succession and shall and may sue and be sued in all courts in Hong Kong and shall and may have and use a common seal and may break, change, alter and make anew the said seal.
(Amended 32 of 1999 s. 3)

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, company or person, and also to purchase, acquire and possess vessels and 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 vessels 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.
(3) The corporation may borrow or raise moneys, with or without security, on the terms and in the manner that the corporation thinks appropriate. (Added 24 of 2016 s. 3)

4. Transfer of property
The legal estate in any property whatsoever transferred to the corporation in any manner whatsoever shall in the event of the death of any of the trustees for the time being or in the event of any trustee ceasing to hold office as such trustee vest in the trustees for the time being duly appointed.

5. Number of trustees
The number of the trustees shall be not less than three nor more than five.

6. Vacation of office by trustees
The office of any trustee shall be automatically vacated if such trustee shall die or shall resign his office or if a resolution be passed at a meeting of members of the said Kowloon Tong Church requiring the resignation of such trustee or if his term of office shall come to an end.