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【法规编号】 43821 什么是编号？
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第2页 CAP 1052 UNION CHURCH INCORPORATION ORDINANCE
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[接上页] The Corporation shall hold the property vested in it and all property subsequently acquired by it and any other premises which may be substituted therefor and all the other property of the Church upon trust for the purpose of a church for the public worship of God and for preaching the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ according to the principles and usages of Protestant Christians, and for the sole object of spreading the knowledge of Christ, as shall seem most agreeable to the Word of God and not for the purpose of introducing or supporting presbyterianism, independency, episcopacy or any other form of church order and government about which there may be difference of opinion, but under such form of church government as the members shall direct, and also, subject to such direction, for the instruction of children and adults, and for religious and philanthropic purposes and for the providing of a residence for the Minister, provided that the Church shall always accept as its primary standards the Word of God as witnessed to by the scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, the Trinitarian Doctrine of the Christian Faith and the Sacraments of Baptism and the Lord's Supper. Cap 1052 s 7 Members Remarks: Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 32 of 1999 s. 3 Every member of the Church shall have been baptized in or in accordance with the rites of a Christian Church and shall be either- (a) a full member, that is to say, a person who has been received into the Church by- (i) profession of faith; (ii) letter of transfer from another Christian Church; or (iii) re-affirmation of faith; or(b) an associate member, that is to say, a person who is a regular member of a Christian Church other than the Church and who signifies his desire to worship with and to help and support the Church while he is in Hong Kong but still to retain his membership of his own church, (Amended 32 of 1999 s. 3)who has been enrolled as such in such manner as may be prescribed: Provided that, subject and in such manner as may be prescribed, any person who was on the mailing list of the Church immediately before the commencement of this Ordinance may be so enrolled. Cap 1052 s 8 Adherents Remarks: Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 32 of 1999 s. 3 Any person who, though not a member of a Christian Church, wishes to take part in the worship and other activities of the Church while he is resident in Hong Kong may, subject as may be prescribed, be listed as an adherent. (Amended 32 of 1999 s. 3) Cap 1052 s 9 General meetings (1) The annual general meeting of the Church shall be held in the month of March in each year or as soon as is practicable thereafter. (2) A special general meeting may be called at any time by the Minister or by the committee and shall be called by the Minister if he shall receive a requisition, stating the purpose for which the meeting is required and signed by not less than forty voting members. (3) Notice of every general meeting shall be given at each service held in the Church on not less than two Sundays immediately preceding such meeting at the usual time in the usual manner for giving notices during divine service and the meeting shall be held not earlier than the Wednesday next following the second of such Sundays. (4) Save as may be otherwise prescribed, no motion shall be carried at a general meeting unless it shall receive the votes of not less than two-thirds of the voting members present and voting plus one. Cap 1052 s 10 Business at a general meeting (1) At every general meeting, the chair shall be taken by the Chairman or, in his absence by the Vice-Chairman or, if both the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman shall be absent, by such person as the meeting shall elect as chairman for the purpose of such meeting. (2) At every general meeting every member shall be entitled to attend and to speak at such meeting but only a member who is over the age of eighteen years and who has been enrolled as a member for not less than six months shall be entitled to vote at a general meeting. (3) The quorum for a general meeting shall be such number as may be prescribed or, if no quorum is prescribed, forty voting members: Provided that if at a general meeting there is not a quorum, the Chairman shall adjourn the meeting for a period of not less than three weeks and notice of such adjourned meeting shall be given in accordance with the provisions of subsection (3) of section 9 and at such adjourned meeting the quorum shall be the number of voting members there present. Cap 1052 s 11 Committee of management Remarks: Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 32 of 1999 s. 3 (1) There shall be a committee of management which shall be responsible for the management of the Church property and the temporal affairs of the Church. (2) The committee shall consist of twelve voting members, or such other number as may be prescribed, elected at the annual general meeting together with the following ex-officio members- |
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