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To provide for the incorporation of St. Stephen's College. [27 May 1932] (Originally 17 of 1932 (Cap 315 1950)) Cap 1049 s 1 Short title This Ordinance may be cited as the St. Stephen's College Incorporation Ordinance. Cap 1049 s 2 Incorporation Remarks: Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 55 of 2000 s. 3 (1) The council for the time being as hereinafter composed of St. Stephen's College, Hong Kong, shall be a body corporate, hereinafter called the corporation, and shall have the corporate name, "St. Stephen's College", and in that name shall have perpetual succession and shall and may sue and be sued in all courts in Hong Kong and shall and may have and use a common seal. (Amended 55 of 2000 s. 3) (2) The council shall be composed of the following- (a) the Bishop for the time being of Victoria, Hong Kong, hereinafter referred to as the patron; (b) the person for the time being occupying the position of warden of the College, hereinafter referred to as the warden; (c) not more than three persons nominated by the local governing body of the South China Mission of the Church Missionary Society; (d) not more than seven persons nominated by the patron and the warden jointly, of whom at least five shall be Chinese gentlemen resident in Hong Kong who have the interest and welfare of the corporation at heart, and the remaining two shall be members of the Church of England or of a Church in China in communion with the Church of England. (Amended 55 of 2000 s. 3)(3) The names of persons so appointed and nominated as aforesaid and their successors shall be filed with the Registrar of Companies. (4) The council shall have such powers and duties and shall hold such meetings as are specified in this Ordinance and the regulations. Cap 1049 s 3 Appointment of warden (1) The warden shall be appointed and may be removed by the Church Missionary Society upon the recommendation of or after consultation with the council. During the temporary absence of the warden the council may appoint an acting warden who shall, while acting, be a member of the council. (2) For the purpose of the nomination mentioned in paragraphs (c) and (d) of subsection (2) of section 2, a copy of a minute of the local governing body of the South China Mission of the Church Missionary Society and of the nomination signed by the patron and warden respectively that the person has been nominated a member of the council shall be sufficient for the purposes of this Ordinance. (3) The certificate of the Chief Secretary for Administration that any person was at the date of the certificate or had been on some previous specified date a member of the council shall for all purposes be conclusive evidence of that fact. (Amended L.N. 226 of 1976; L.N. 242 of 1994; L.N. 362 of 1997) Cap 1049 s 4 Powers of corporation (1) The corporation shall carry on the work for which the College was originally founded-namely, of offering to Chinese youths a modern, liberal education, (special attention being given to the English language and literature) upon Christian principles, protestant and evangelical as professed by the Church of England. (2) The corporation shall have power to acquire, accept, and grant leases of, take, hold and enjoy any lands, buildings, messuages or tenements of whatever kind or nature soever and wheresoever situate, and also to build, rebuild, alter, vary, renew, maintain and repair any buildings, messuages or tenements, and also to invest moneys upon mortgage of any lands, buildings, messuages or tenements, or upon the mortgages, debentures, stocks, funds, shares or securities of any government, municipality, corporation or company and also to purchase, acquire and possess vessels and other goods and chattels of whatsoever kind or nature. (3) The corporation shall further have power by deed under its seal to grant, sell, convey, assign, surrender, exchange, partition, yield up, mortgage, pledge, demise, reassign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any lands, buildings, messuages, tenements, mortgages, debentures, stocks, funds, shares or securities or other goods and chattels, which are for the time being vested in or belonging to the corporation, upon such terms as to the corporation may seem fit. Cap 1049 s 5 Execution of documents All deeds and other instruments requiring the corporate seal of the corporation shall be sealed in the presence of two members of the council and shall be signed by two members. Cap 1049 s 6 Power to make regulations Remarks: Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 55 of 2000 s. 3 (1) The council may by resolution passed by the majority of the council from time to time make such regulations as they may at their discretion deem desirable for the administration of the corporation and the management of the corporation's premises and property of whatever description. Any regulations made by the council shall be filed with the Registrar of Companies. (2) There shall be no obligation on the council to obtain the approval of the Chief Executive in Council to such regulations nor shall it be necessary to publish any such regulations. (Amended 55 of 2000 s. 3) Cap 1049 s 7 Saving Remarks: Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 55 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 55 of 2000 s. 3) |