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[接上页] (a) the Minister; (b) the secretary; and (c) the treasurer.(3) The committee shall hold office from the first day of the month next following the date of its election until the date on which a new committee elected by the Church at its annual general meeting shall assume office. (4) At its first meeting, the committee shall elect from its elected members a chairman and vice-chairman and at any subsequent meeting may elect therefrom a temporary chairman or a temporary vice-chairman in substitution for any chairman or vice-chairman so elected if either such officer shall be absent from Hong Kong or otherwise for any good reason be unable to act. (Amended 32 of 1999 s. 3) (5) The committee shall have power to co-opt to the committee any voting member. Cap 1052 s 12 Officers Remarks: Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 32 of 1999 s. 3 (1) There shall be an honorary secretary and an honorary treasurer who shall be voting members elected by the Church at its annual general meeting and who shall hold office from the first day of the month next following the date of such election until replaced by other officers similarly elected. (2) If an honorary secretary or an honorary treasurer shall be absent from Hong Kong or otherwise for any good reason be unable to act the committee may elect a member of the committee to hold such office during his absence or inability. (Amended 32 of 1999 s. 3) Cap 1052 s 13 Deacons' Court (1) There shall be a Deacons' Court which shall be responsible with the Minister for all matters relating to the spiritual welfare of the Church and shall carry out such other duties as may be prescribed. (2) The Deacons' Court shall consist of the Minister and such other persons as shall be nominated and approved as deacons or received as deacons in accordance with the provisions of subsection (3). (3) Every deacon shall be either- (a) nominated by the Deacons' Court, subject to approval by a general meeting of the Church in such manner as may be prescribed, and inducted as a deacon by the Minister; or (b) if he had previously been elected and received into any other Christian church in an office equivalent to that of deacon, received as a deacon, by the Deacons' Court.(4) No person shall be nominated to be a deacon or be received as a deacon unless he is a voting member and a communicant. (5) Every member who is inducted as a deacon or is received as a deacon shall continue to hold office as a deacon until he ceases to be a member or resigns. (6) The Minister shall act as Moderator at every meeting of the Deacons' Court at which he is present and, if he is absent, a deacon, who shall be selected by the deacons present at such meeting, shall act as Moderator. (7) There shall be a clerk to the Deacons' Court who shall be elected at the first meeting of the Deacons' Court held after the annual general meeting of the Church and who shall be responsible for the summoning of meetings of the Deacons' Court and the maintenance of the minutes of the Deacons' Court and for carrying out such other duties as the Deacons' Court may decide. (8) The Deacons' Court shall meet at intervals of not less than two months. Cap 1052 s 14 Trustees Remarks: Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 32 of 1999 s. 3 (1) There shall be not more than ten and not less than three trustees. (2) Each trustee shall be a voting member and shall be elected by the members of the Church at a general meeting in such manner as shall be prescribed and shall hold office until he ceases to be a member, resigns or has been absent from Hong Kong for a continuous period of not less than two years. (Amended 32 of 1999 s. 3) (3) If the number of trustees falls below four, at least one additional trustee shall be elected as soon as is practicable thereafter. (4) When a person has been elected to be a trustee, the secretary shall, within three weeks after his election or within such further time as may be allowed by the Chief Executive, furnish to the Chief Executive such evidence as the Chief Executive may require of the election of such person. (Amended 32 of 1999 s. 3) (5) 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 the secretary shall be conclusive evidence of such election. (Amended L.N. 226 of 1976; L.N. 242 of 1994; L.N. 362 of 1997; 32 of 1999 s. 3) (6) The trustees, in such manner as they may consider appropriate, may from time to time elect one of their number to be Chairman of Trustees for the purpose of summoning and presiding at meetings of trustees. Cap 1052 s 15 Minister Remarks: Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 32 of 1999 s. 3 (1) Each Minister, on first appointment, shall be selected at a general meeting in such manner as may be prescribed, on the joint recommendation of the Deacons' Court and the committee, meeting together and, on such selection, shall be appointed by the committee upon such terms as may be agreed. |