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Pentecostal Holiness Church Incorporation Ordinance


Published: 1997-06-30

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Cap 1064 - PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH INCORPORATION ORDINANCE 1

Chapter: 1064 PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH
INCORPORATION ORDINANCE

Gazette Number Version Date


Long title 30/06/1997


To provide for the incorporation of the local representative in Hong Kong of the Pentecostal Holiness Church.


[22 August 1952]

(Originally 22 of 1952)

Section: 1 Short title 30/06/1997


This Ordinance may be cited as the Pentecostal Holiness Church Incorporation Ordinance.

Section: 2 Incorporation 4 of 2000 01/07/1997


Remarks:
Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 4 of 2000 s. 3


The Superintendent for the time being in Hong Kong of the Pentecostal Holiness Church, hereinafter called the
Superintendent, shall be a body corporate, hereinafter called the corporation, and shall have the name "The
Superintendent in Hong Kong of the Pentecostal Holiness Church", 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, and
may from time to time break, change, alter and make anew the said seal.

(Amended 4 of 2000 s. 3)

Section: 3 Powers of corporation 30/06/1997


(1) The corporation shall have power to acquire, accept leases of, purchase, take, hold and enjoy any lands,
buildings, messuages or tenements of what nature or kind soever and wheresoever situate, 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 goods and chattels of what nature and kind soever.

(2) The corporation shall further have power by deed under its seal to grant, sell, convey, assign, surrender,
exchange, partition, yield up, mortgage, demise, reassign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any lands, buildings,
messuages, tenements, mortgages, debentures, stocks, funds, shares or securities, or other goods and chattels
whatsoever, which are for the time being vested in or belonging to the corporation, upon such terms as to the
corporation may seem fit.

Section: 4 Transfer of property 30/06/1997


The legal estate in any property whatsoever, vested in the corporation in any manner whatsoever, shall, in the
event of death of the Superintendent, or in the event of his ceasing to hold office as such Superintendent, pass to his
successor in such office subject to compliance with subsection (2) of section 6.

Section: 5 Execution of documents 30/06/1997


All deeds and other instruments requiring the seal of the corporation shall be sealed in the presence of the
Superintendent or of his attorney duly authorized, and such deeds and instruments and all other documents,
instruments and writings requiring the signature of the corporation shall be signed by the Superintendent or his
attorney.




Cap 1064 - PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH INCORPORATION ORDINANCE 2

Section: 6 Appointment of Superintendent and registration of
particulars

4 of 2000 01/07/1997



Remarks:
Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 4 of 2000 s. 3


(1) The appointment of a new Superintendent, in the event of death or for any other reason, shall be made by
the General Board of Administration of the Pentecostal Holiness Church Incorporated of the United States of America.

(2) Whenever any person is appointed to the office of Superintendent within six weeks after such appointment
or within such further period as the Chief Executive may allow, such person shall furnish to the Registrar of
Companies notice of his appointment and evidence thereof to the satisfaction of such Registrar, and shall then and
within three weeks of any change of address, furnish to such Registrar particulars of his place of residence or other
sufficient address within Hong Kong. (Amended 4 of 2000 s. 3)

(3) The registration of the appointment of a Superintendent shall be conclusive evidence of such appointment.
(4) There shall be payable to the Registrar of Companies a fee of five dollars in respect of a registration of

appointment and address under subsection (2) and a similar fee in respect of each change of address, and a fee of one
dollar shall be payable in respect of each search of the file.

Section: 7 Saving 4 of 2000 01/07/1997


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)