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[接上页] (6) Save with the consent of the trustees no amendment shall be made to the agreement of the clergyman in charge of any church. (Added 61 of 1970 s. 6) Cap 1014 s 9 Regulations for trustees and church councils REGULATIONS (1) The trustees may by regulation provide for all or any of the following matters- (a) the mode of filling up casual vacancies among their number; (b) the holding of meetings of the trustees and the conduct of business thereat; (c) the election and tenure of office of an auditor and the appointment and tenure of office of a treasurer and secretary and the mode of filling up casual vacancies among such officers; (d) the regulation of the church councils constituted by section 10, and the constitution and regulation of church councils for any church to which this Ordinance for the time being applies; (Amended 33 of 1939; G.N. 840 of 1940 Supp. Schedule) (e) the keeping of accounts by church councils; (f) the care, maintenance and administration of chapels of ease; (g) all other matters relating to the affairs of the trustees.(2) No amendment of the regulations shall apply in the case of any particular church council until such amendment has been adopted at a meeting of the qualified and duly enrolled electors of the church in question. (Amended 33 of 1939; G.N. 840 of 1940 Supp. Schedule) (Amended 33 of 1939; G.N. 840 of 1940 Supp. Schedule) Cap 1014 s 10 Church councils of Saint John's Cathedral and of Saint Andrew's Church CHURCH COUNCILS There shall be a Saint John's Cathedral church council and a Saint Andrew's Church, Kowloon, church council, and a Christ Church, Kowloon Tong, church council, and a church council for every other church to which this Ordinance for the time being applies. The primary duties of every such council, whether constituted by or under this Ordinance, shall be to co-operate with the incumbent in the initiation, conduct and development of work in the church concerned in accordance with the regulations for church councils for the time being in force and to exercise the powers conferred upon them in accordance with section 7: Provided that- (a) all matters connected with the religious services of the churches shall be under the immediate direction and management of the respective incumbents or clergymen in charge subject nevertheless to the control of the Bishop; and (b) no change in the customary arrangement and conduct of the religious services in any church shall be made arbitrarily and without the consent of the church council, and that the incumbent or clergyman in charge shall inform the council before making any change. Any question which may then or from time to time arise between the incumbent or clergyman in charge and the church council with regard to any such change shall be referred to the Bishop who, after such consultation as he thinks best both with the incumbent or clergyman in charge and the council, shall make orders thereon against which there shall be no appeal. (Amended 33 of 1939; G.N. 840 of 1940 Supp. Schedule; 61 of 1970 s.7) Cap 1014 s 11 Application of Ordinance Remarks: Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 4 of 2000 s. 3 MISCELLANEOUS The provisions of this Ordinance shall apply to every church of the Church of England now or hereafter established in Hong Kong. (Amended 33 of 1939; G.N. 840 of 1940 Supp. Schedule; 4 of 2000 s. 3) Cap 1014 s 12 Right of visitation The right of visitation of churches shall lie with the Bishop who may report to the trustees any irregularities in regard to the fulfilment of the duties of any particular church council in matters delegated to it by the trustees. (Amended 61 of 1970 s.8) Cap 1014 s 13 Bishop's right to use Cathedral The Bishop shall have the right of using the Cathedral, upon due notice being given, for ordinations, confirmations and other special services, of determining the order and form of such services, and of preaching and celebrating the Holy Communion therein. Cap 1014 s 14 (Repealed 61 of 1970 s.9) Cap 1014 s 15 Government grant for services at prisons and Government hospitals Remarks: Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 4 of 2000 s. 3 It shall be lawful for the Chief Executive to appropriate such proportion of any sum which may be voted by the Legislative Council for general ecclesiastical or religious purposes as he may deem proper to the trustees, and thereupon the Dean or other clergyman nominated by the trustees, if such sum is accepted by the trustees, shall be bound when so required to provide for all requisite religious services and ministrations of the Church of England at the prisons and Government hospitals. (Amended 4 of 2000 s. 3) Cap 1014 s 16 Power to erect memorials (1) The trustees shall have power to decide as to the erection of memorial tablets or other memorials in any church to which this Ordinance for the time being applies or in the precincts thereof, subject in each case to the written approval of the Bishop. |