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[接上页] Cap 1063 s 11 Committee to control temporal affairs The temporal affairs of the said Wanchai Church shall be managed, directed and governed by the committee: Provided however that the members of the committee shall not be deemed personally liable for any payments of money in excess of that provided or available for the purposes of the said Wanchai Church. Cap 1063 s 12 Power of committee to provide by regulation The committee may by regulation provide for the following matters- (a) the number, qualification and disqualification of members of the committee; (b) the holding of meetings of the committee and the conduct of business thereat; (c) the temporary appointment of a clergyman or pastor during the absence from any cause of the substantive holder of that post; (d) the election and tenure of office of an auditor and the filling of casual vacancies among the committee; (e) the appointment, tenure of office, salary and duties of any organist, verger or other officer or servant as the committee may think necessary or expedient; (f) the keeping of a register of members of the said Wanchai Church and of baptisms, marriages and burials; (g) the holding of meetings of members, the right of voting and the taking and recording of the votes at such meetings and the conduct of business thereat; (h) the appropriation, allotment, arrangement and use of the sittings in the said Wanchai Church; (i) the rents and subscriptions (if any) to be paid for sittings in the said Wanchai Church and the mode of collection thereat, the fees to be taken for baptisms, marriages and burials or other services and the collection and disposition of money, offerings, offertories and donations; (j) the keeping of accounts of moneys received and expended by the committee; (k) the erection and maintenance of monuments, tablets, or other memorials in the said Wanchai Church or in the precincts thereof and the fees to be taken therefor; (l) all other matters relating to the temporal affairs of the said Wanchai Church or of the committee otherwise than where specifically provided for by the Ordinance. Cap 1063 s 13 Regulations not binding until approved No regulations made by the committee under section 12 shall be binding on the members of the said Wanchai Church until such regulations have been passed by a majority of members present and voting at a general meeting of members. Cap 1063 s 14 Proof of membership A certificate under the hand of the chairman of the committee that any person therein named is a member of the said Wanchai Church shall be accepted for all purposes as sufficient proof of the fact that such person is a member of the said Wanchai Church. Cap 1063 s 15 Saving Remarks: Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 4 of 2000 s. 3 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 4 of 2000 s. 3) |