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[接上页] (b) (Repealed 7 of 1997 s. 2) (c) the Corporation shall succeed to all other property, right, privileges, obligations and liabilities within Hong Kong of- (i) Methodist Missionary Trust Association; (ii) The Hong Kong Chinese District of the Methodist Church (United Kingdom); (iii) The Methodist Church, Hong Kong District (Property Holding), Limited; (iv) The Methodist Church Hong Kong (Wei Li Kung Hui); (v) The Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Trust Association; (vi) Bishop W. Angie Smith, Sidney R. Anderson, Judith L. Hawks, Yolay Young, Pau-Waung Yang, Chen Kuan Yu and Jack Y. H. Yuen, Trustees of The Methodist Church, Hong Kong District. Cap 1133 s 5A English Speaking Methodist Church (1) All that piece or parcel of ground specified in the second column of Part III of the Schedule, together with all rights, easements and appurtenances thereto belonging, shall be deemed to have vested in the Corporation on 1 September 1988 without any conveyance or assignment for the unexpired residue of the term of years created by the Crown lease specified opposite thereto in the third column of Part III of the Schedule, subject to payment of the rent and performance of the covenants and conditions reserved by and contained in the said Crown lease and subject also to such mortgages, charges, leases, tenancies and other agreements (if any) as may be subsisting in relation to such premises on 1 September 1988. (2) The Corporation shall be deemed to have succeeded to all other property, rights, privileges, obligations and liabilities within Hong Kong of "The Hong Kong English District of the Methodist Church, United Kingdom" (also known as English Speaking Methodist Church) on 1 September 1988. (Added 7 of 1997 s. 3) Cap 1133 s 6 Members of the Corporation The delegates of the members of The Methodist Church, Hong Kong, shall consist of the following persons- (a) all ordained ministers and missionaries for the time being of The Methodist Church, Hong Kong; (b) all deacons and deaconesses and district workers appointed by The Methodist Church, Hong Kong; (c) all delegates for the time being of each local church of The Methodist Church, Hong Kong, elected by each such local church in accordance with the constitution; (d) a member of the Standing Committee who held office immediately preceding the annual conference of the Corporation of any one year, shall be a member of the Corporation during the year commencing from such annual conference immediately prior to which he held office as a member of the Standing Committee whether he may or may not be a member of the Corporation under paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of this section; (e) the delegates of any Conference Committee for any one year, elected by that particular Conference Committee to represent it at the annual conference for the immediate following year, shall be a member of the Corporation during the year commencing from the said annual conference. Cap 1133 s 7 Proof of Membership A certificate under the hand of the President of the Corporation, or in his absence from Hong Kong, of the Vice- President of the Corporation that any person specified in section 6 is a member of the Corporation shall be accepted for all purposes as sufficient proof of the fact that such person is a member of the Corporation. Cap 1133 s 8 Seal of the Corporation (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 Standing Committee. (2) All deeds, documents and other instruments requiring the seal of the Corporation shall be sealed with the seal of the Corporation and signed by either- (a) any two of the President of the Corporation, the Vice-President of the Corporation, the Secretary of the Corporation and the Treasurer of the Corporation; or (b) any one of the persons named in paragraph (a) of this subsection and any three members of the Standing Committee. (Replaced 7 of 1997 s. 4)(3) The seal shall be kept in the custody of the President, or in his absence from Hong Kong, in the custody of the Vice-President. Cap 1133 s 9 Management and exercise of powers of the Corporation The business of the Corporation shall be managed by the Standing Committee and all the powers of the Corporation shall be exercisable by the Standing Committee except so far as this Ordinance or the constitution otherwise requires. Cap 1133 s 10 Existing constitution to become constitution of the Corporation The existing constitution of the unincorporated "The Methodist Church, Hong Kong" shall be the constitution of the Corporation, but the same may be changed or amended at any time and from time to time in accordance with its provisions for the time being in force. Cap 1133 s 11 Saving Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect or be deemed to affect the rights of Her Majesty the Queen, Her Heirs or Successors, 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. |