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[接上页] Provided that no such appointment shall be valid for more than 12 months from the date thereof. (4) Any member of the Board, other than an ex officio member, may, on giving not less than 1 month's notice in writing to the Chief Executive, resign from the Board. (Amended 4 of 2000 s. 3) (5) The Chief Executive may terminate the appointment to the Board of any member, other than an ex officio member, during the term of office of such member- (Amended 4 of 2000 s. 3) (a) on being requested in writing so to do by a majority of three-quarters of the members present at any meeting resolving such course; (b) in the case of incapacity of such member; (c) in the case of absence from Hong Kong for more than 12 months of such member. (Amended 31 of 1994 s. 5)(6) There shall be a Treasurer and a Secretary to the Board who shall be appointed by the Board. Cap 1112 s 4 Meetings of the Board (1) The Board shall meet at such times and in such places as the Chairman may appoint: Provided that- (a) the Board shall meet not less than twice in each calendar year and one of such meetings shall be an annual general meeting at which the annual accounts of the Board shall be presented; and (b) no meeting of the Board shall be deemed to have been validly convened unless not less than 4 days' or, in the case of an annual general meeting, 14 days' notice in writing thereof has been given to each member of the Board then present in Hong Kong. (Amended 31 of 1994 s. 5)(2) At any meeting of the Board 7 members shall constitute a quorum. (3) The validity of any proceedings of the Board shall not be affected by any vacancy among the members thereof or by any defect in the appointment of any member thereof. (4) All questions coming or arising before a meeting of the Board shall be determined by a majority of the members thereof present and voting thereon. (5) The Chairman at any meeting of the Board shall have an original vote and also, if upon any question the votes shall be equally divided, a casting vote. (6) If the Chairman is unable to take the chair at any meeting of the Board he may nominate any other member thereof to take the chair in his stead, or, in the absence of the Chairman and such other member, if any, the members present and voting at the meeting shall elect from among their number 1 member to take the chair thereat. (7) The Board may make standing orders for regulating the procedure at, and in connection with, its meetings. Cap 1112 s 5 Conduct of business of the Board (1) The Board may conduct its business in such manner as appears to it expedient and may for that purpose appoint from among its members select committees and may authorize any such committee to co-opt thereto such additional members, not necessarily being members of the Board, as may appear to it to be necessary for the proper conduct of the business delegated to it by the Board. (2) The Board may employ, upon such terms and conditions as it may think fit, such staff as shall appear to it to be necessary for the proper conduct of the business of the Board. Cap 1112 s 5A Transaction of business by circulation of papers The Board and any committee appointed by it under section 5(1) may transact any business by circulation of papers, and a resolution in writing which is approved in writing by a majority of their respective members shall be as valid and effectual as if it had been passed at a meeting of the Board or of such committee. (Added 31 of 1994 s. 2) Cap 1112 s 6 Purposes of the Board The purposes of the Board shall be to provide, maintain and administer cemeteries and burial grounds for persons of the Chinese race permanently resident in Hong Kong. (Amended 31 of 1994 s. 5) Cap 1112 s 7 Powers of the Board (1) For the purposes specified in section 6, the Board shall have full power- (a) to acquire, accept leases of, purchase, take and otherwise hold and enjoy any lands, buildings, messuages or tenements of what nature or kind soever and wheresoever situate; (Amended 74 of 1974 s. 3) (b) to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, goods and chattels of what nature or kind soever; (c) to invest moneys in such investments as the Board thinks fit, whether or not such investments are in Hong Kong or are authorized by section 4 of the Trustee Ordinance (Cap 29); (Replaced 31 of 1994 s. 3) (d) to grant, sell, convey, assign, surrender, yield up, mortgage, demise, let, reassign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any lands, or buildings, messuages, tenements, mortgages, debentures, debenture stocks, funds, securities, goods and chattels for the time being vested in the Board, upon such terms as the Board 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 Board shall think fit, and to raise money by public or private subscription; and (g) generally, to do such other things as may appear to be incidental or conducive to the proper carrying out of the purposes of the Board as set out in this subsection.(2) In addition to and notwithstanding anything contained in subsection (1), the Board may donate to any charity operating for the benefit of persons of the Chinese race in Hong Kong any moneys vested in it which are or may become surplus to the requirements of the proper management, and administration and maintenance of any Chinese Permanent Cemetery for the time being under the control of the Board. (Amended 31 of 1994 s. 5) |