第1159章详题

本条例旨在使名为香港维多利亚主教的单一法团以香港圣公会基金名义持续为法人团体；就香港圣公会基金的组成、权力及责任订定条文；并废除《维多利亚主教法团条例》。
(1995年制定)
[1999年2月26日]1999年第56号法律公告
(本为1995年第93号)

第1159章 第1条简称
(1)本条例可引称为《香港圣公会基金条例》。
(2)(已失时效而略去)
(1995年制定)

第1159章 第2条释义
在本条例中，除文意另有所指外─
“法律顾问”(Chancellor) 指根据宪章及规例委任的香港圣公会教省法律顾问；
“财政年度”(financial year) 指于3月31日终结的每段12个月期间；
“执行委员会”(Executive Committee) 指第7条所提述并就其订定条文的基金的执行委员会；
“基金”(Foundation) 指根据第5条组成的香港圣公会基金；
“教省”(Province) 指由宪章及规例设立及组成的香港圣公会教省；
“宪章及规例”(Constitution and Canons) 指《香港圣公会条例》(第1157章)所提述的香港圣公会教省的宪章及规例；
“总议会”(General Synod) 指香港圣公会教省的总议会；
“职能”(functions) 包括权力、责任、工作及活动。
(1995年制定)

第1159章 第3条目的
本条例的目的为─
(a)使名为香港维多利亚主教的单一法团以“香港圣公会基金”(Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Foundation) 法团名称持续作为法人团体存在；
(b)就基金的组成及职能订定条文；及
(c)使财产能够由基金代表香港圣公会教省(Province of the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui) 持有。
(1995年制定)

第1159章 第4条基金成立为法团
(1)由《维多利亚主教法团条例》(第1004章)第2条设立的名为“香港维多利亚主教”的单一法团，现予保留并为本条例的目的以“香港圣公会基金”(Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Foundation) 法团名义持续作为法人团体存在。
(2)第(1)款所提述的团体的法团身分及其权利和义务不受本条例废除《维多利亚主教法团条例》(第1004章)所影响。
(3)基金─
(a)以其法团名义永久延续；
(b)备有并可使用印章；及
(c)可以其法团名义起诉及被起诉。
(1995年制定)

第1159章 第5条基金的组成
(1)基金由以下成员组成─
(a)教省的大主教；
(b)法律顾问；
(c)教省内每一教区的主教；
(d)总议会总干事；
(e)由总议会选出并作为总议会的代表的6位人士；及
(f)自教省内每一教区选出并作为该教区的议会的代表的2位人士。(2)教省的大主教是基金的主席，而法律顾问则是副主席。
(1995年制定)

第1159章 第6条基金的权力
(1)基金可─
(a)取得、持有或授予土地权益或关于土地的许可或以其他方式处置土地，以及取得、持有或处置任何种类的其他财产；
(b)订立合约或其他协议；
(c)将金钱以银行存款形式投资；或投资于香港物业按揭；或投资于任何政府、法团或公司的债据、股额、基金、股份或证券；或投资于执行委员会认为恰当的其他投资项目；
(d)收取及支用金钱；
(e)按执行委员会认为适当的条款及条件，雇用该委员会认为需要雇用的人及聘用和委任该委员会认为需要聘用和委任的专家顾问、顾问或代理人；
(f)为基金的利益接受由任何人或政府当局或其他团体或组织所作的捐献、资助或补助，尤可接受不论是否受特别信托规限的财产馈赠；
(g)承担及执行看似是直接或间接有利于贯彻基金的任何宗旨的信托；及
(h)在符合本条例的规定下，作出或容受法人团体一般可合法地作出或容受的作为或事情。(2)在不损害第(1)款所载权力的概括性原则下，基金可─
(a)自行或联同其他人将属于基金的土地、基金在其内有充分权益的土地或基金可能会取得其内的充分权益的土地，以重建、改建及拆卸建筑物和兴建任何种类的新建筑物的方式，将其改善、发展、重新发展及加以利用；
(b)藉任何合法手段，取得属于基金的土地、基金在其内有充分权益的土地或基金可能会取得其内的充分权益的土地及在任何该等土地之上的建筑物在空置情况下的管有；
(c)向迁出任何土地或建筑物的人支付补偿；
(d)以基金认为恰当的方式，为发展属于基金的土地、基金在其内有充分权益的土地或基金可能会取得的充分权益的土地的目的，以及为向迁出任何该等土地或其上的建筑物的人支付补偿，借入或筹措金钱或为金钱的支付提供保证；
(e)为建筑目的对土地进行平整及预备工作，以建筑租契将土地租出及订立建筑协议，并为该等目的向任何审裁处、法院或主管当局申请任何所需的命令、许可证、准许或豁免。
(1995年制定)

第1159章 第7条基金的执行委员会
(1)执行委员会为负责管理基金的事务的管治团体，并须按照规例由基金的成员组成。
(2)除规例另有规定外，执行委员会可决定其本身的程序。
(1995年制定)

第1159章 第8条转授
(1)执行委员会可藉决议转授其任何职能(转授的权力除外)予─
(a)法律顾问；或
(b)执行委员会的任何指明成员。(2)凡执行委员会根据本条转授职能予某人，执行委员会可就该项职能的行使向该人给予指示或提供指引。
(3)根据本条作出的转授不阻止执行委员会同时执行所转授的职能。
(4)凡任何人看来是按照根据本条作出的转授而行事，则除非证明并非如此，否则该人须推定为按照转授的条款行事。
(5)根据本条获转授职能的人所作出的作为或事情的效力及效果，与犹如它是执行委员会所作出的相同。
(1995年制定)

第1159章 第9条印章的使用
(1)使用基金的印章盖章须获执行委员会决议授权进行。
(2)基金的印章须由法律顾问及执行委员会的一名其他成员签署认证，如法律顾问不在香港或因其他原因不能签署认证，则须由总议会总干事及执行委员会的任何成员签署认证。
(3)看来是用基金的印章妥为签立的契据、文件或文书须获任何法庭收取为证据，而除非证明并非如此，否则须推定为如此签立。
(1995年制定)

第1159章 第10条帐目
(1)执行委员会须安排为基金的所有财务往来备存恰当的帐目及纪录，并须在每一财政年度结束后于切实可行范围内，安排为该财政年度拟备基金帐目的报表。
(2)根据第(1)款拟备的帐目报表须包括一份收支帐及一份资产负债表。
(1995年制定)

第1159章 第11条审计
(1) 执行委员会须在每一财政年度结束后于切实可行范围内，将按第10条规定为该年度拟备的帐目报表呈交予一名执业会计师(由执行委员会为此目的而委任者)以供审计。
(2) 该执业会计师须就帐目拟备一份报告，并须将报告送交执行委员会，而执行委员会须在切实可行范围内尽快将报告及帐目报表的副本各一份呈交香港圣公会总议会的常备委员会。
(3) 在本条中，“执业会计师”(certified public accountant (practising)) 具有《专业会计师条例》(第50章)第2条给予该词的涵义。
(1995年制定。由2004年第23号第56条修订)

第1159章 第12条证据条文
由香港圣公会教省大主教签发的(或如大主教不在香港或因其他原因不能签发，则指由法律顾问签发的)、证明以下事项的证明书─
(a)在证明书中点名的人是法律顾问；
(b)在证明书中点名的人是组成基金的人或组成执行委员会的人；或
(c)附于证明书的规例是总议会在本条例下的规例，并是总议会根据本条例妥为订立的，须为所有目的被接受为证明书中述明的事实的充分证据。
(1995年制定)

第1159章 第13条规例
(1)总议会可藉由其过半数成员所通过的决议，为基金的行政管理、其开支的管制、其各类财产的管理及一般而言基金的职能的执行订立规例。
(2)总议会可藉由其过半数成员所通过的决议，修订或撤销根据本条订立的规例。
(3)由总议会根据本条订立的规例须由法律顾问持有，并须让人在合理时间查阅。
(4)规例不得视为附属法例。
(1995年制定)

第1159章 第14条(已失时效而略去)
(已失时效而略去)
(1995年制定)

第1159章 第15条过渡性条文
(1)本条适用于任何藉遗嘱、契据、遗嘱性质的处置或其他方式，为香港维多利亚主教的利益而作出的已归属或待确定馈赠或处置，不论是在本条例实施之前或之后作出的。
(2)在本条例实施后，任何本条所适用的馈赠或处置须就所有目的而言，在犹如馈赠是表明是为基金的利益而作出一样的情况下予以解释，而由法律顾问代表基金发出的收据，即充分解除任何人按照本款就该等馈赠或处置作出付款或以其他方式行事的责任。
(1995年制定)

第1159章 第16条保留条文
附注：
具追溯力的适应化修订─见2000年第4号第3条
本条例的条文不影响亦不得当作影响中央或香港特别行政区政府根据《基本法》和其他法律的规定所享有的权利或任何政治团体或法人团体或任何其他人的权利，但本条例所述及者及经由、透过或藉他们提出申索者除外。
(1995年制定。由2000年第4号第3条修订)

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【英文全文】

Cap1159Longtitle

An Ordinance to continue the corporation sole called The Bishop of Victoria, Hong Kong as a body corporate under the name of the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Foundation, to provide for the constitution, powers and duties of the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Foundation, and to repeal the Bishop of Victoria Incorporation Ordinance.
(Enacted 1995)
[26 February 1999]L.N. 56 of 1999
(Originally 93 of 1995)
Cap 1159 s 1 Short title
(1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Foundation Ordinance.
(2) (Omitted as spent)
(Enacted 1995)
Cap 1159 s 2 Interpretation
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires-
'Chancellor' (法律顾问) means the Chancellor of the Province of the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui appointed under the Constitution and Canons;
'Constitution and Canons' (宪章及规例) means the Constitution and Canons of the Province of the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui referred to in the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Ordinance (Cap 1157);
'Executive Committee' (执行委员会) means the Executive Committee of the Foundation provided for and referred to in section 7;
'financial year' (财政年度) means each period of 12 months ending on 31 March;
'Foundation' (基金) means the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Foundation constituted under section 5;
'functions' (职能) includes powers, duties, work and activities;
'General Synod' (总议会) means the General Synod of the Province of the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui;
'Province' (教省) means the Province of the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui established and constituted by the Constitution and Canons.
(Enacted 1995)
Cap 1159 s 3 Purposes
The purposes of this Ordinance are-
(a) to continue in existence as a body corporate the corporation sole called The Bishop of Victoria, Hong Kong under the corporate name of the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Foundation (香港圣公会基金);
(b) to provide for the constitution and functions of the Foundation; and
(c) to enable property to be held by the Foundation on behalf of the Province of the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui (香港圣公会教省).
(Enacted 1995)
Cap 1159 s 4 Incorporation of Foundation
(1) The corporation sole established under section 2 of the Bishop of Victoria Incorporation Ordinance (Cap 1004) as The Bishop of Victoria, Hong Kong is preserved and continues in existence as a body corporate for the purposes of this Ordinance under the corporate name of the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Foundation (香港圣公会基金).
(2) The corporate identity and the rights and obligations of the corporation referred to in subsection (1) are not affected by the repeal by this Ordinance of the Bishop of Victoria Incorporation Ordinance (Cap 1004).
(3) The Foundation-
(a) has perpetual succession under its corporate name;
(b) has and may use a seal; and
(c) is capable of suing and being sued in its corporate name.
(Enacted 1995)
Cap 1159 s 5 Constitution of Foundation
(1) The Foundation has the following members-
(a) the Archbishop of the Province;
(b) the Chancellor;
(c) the Bishop of each Diocese within the Province;
(d) the General Secretary of the General Synod;
(e) 6 persons elected by and as representatives of the General Synod; and
(f) 2 persons in respect of each Diocese within the Province, elected by and as representatives of the Synod of that Diocese.(2) The Archbishop of the Province is the chairman of the Foundation and the Chancellor is the deputy chairman.
(Enacted 1995)
Cap 1159 s 6 Powers of Foundation
(1) The Foundation may-
(a) acquire, hold, grant any interest in, or any kind of licence in relation to, or otherwise dispose of, land, and acquire, hold or dispose of other property of any description;
(b) make contracts or other agreements;
(c) invest moneys on deposit with any bank, or upon mortgage of property in Hong Kong, or in debentures, stocks, funds, shares, or securities of any government, corporation or company, or in such other investment as the Executive Committee thinks proper;
(d) receive and expend moneys;
(e) employ such persons and engage or appoint such consultants, advisers, or agents as the Executive Committee considers necessary upon such terms and conditions as that Committee thinks appropriate;
(f) accept donations, grants or subsidies from any persons or government authority or other body or organization, and in particular accept any gift of property, whether subject to any special trust or not, for the benefit of the Foundation;
(g) undertake and execute any trusts which may seem directly or indirectly conducive to the carrying out of any of the purposes of the Foundation; and
(h) subject to this Ordinance, do or suffer all such acts and things as bodies corporate may in general lawfully do or suffer.(2) Without affecting the generality of the powers in subsection (1), the Foundation has power-
(a) either alone or jointly with other persons, to improve, develop, redevelop and turn to account any land belonging to the Foundation or in which the Foundation has or may acquire a sufficient interest by reconstructing, altering and demolishing buildings and by constructing new buildings of any kind;
(b) to obtain vacant possession by any lawful means of any land belonging to the Foundation or in which the Foundation has or may acquire a sufficient interest and of any buildings on such land;
(c) to pay compensation to occupiers vacating any land or buildings;
(d) to borrow or raise or secure the payment of money in such manner as the Foundation thinks proper for the purpose of developing any land belonging to the Foundation or in which the Foundation has or may acquire a sufficient interest and for payment of compensation to occupiers for vacating any such land or any buildings on that land;
(e) to lay out and prepare land for building purposes, to let land on building leases and to enter into building agreements, and for such purposes to apply to any tribunal or court or authority for any order, licence, permission, or exemption that may be required.
(Enacted 1995)
Cap 1159 s 7 Executive Committee of Foundation
(1) The governing body responsible for the management of the affairs of the Foundation is the Executive Committee which shall, in accordance with the regulations, be constituted from amongst the constituent members of the Foundation.
(2) Except as provided in the regulations, the Executive Committee may determine its own procedure.
(Enacted 1995)
Cap 1159 s 8 Delegation
(1) The Executive Committee may by resolution delegate any of its functions, other than the power to delegate, to-
(a) the Chancellor; or
(b) any specified member of the Executive Committee.(2) Where the Executive Committee has delegated a function under this section, the Executive Committee may give directions or provide guidelines to the delegate with respect to the exercise of that function.
(3) A delegation under this section does not prevent the concurrent performance by the Executive Committee of the function delegated.
(4) Where a person purports to act in accordance with a delegation under this section, that person is presumed, unless the contrary is shown, to be acting in accordance with the terms of the delegation.
(5) An act or thing done by a delegate under a delegation under this section has the same force and effect as if it had been done by the Executive Committee.
(Enacted 1995)
Cap 1159 s 9 Use of seal
(1) The seal of the Foundation shall be affixed only with the authority of a resolution of the Executive Committee.
(2) The seal of the Foundation shall be authenticated by the signatures of the Chancellor and one other member of the Executive Committee, or, if the Chancellor is absent from Hong Kong or is otherwise unavailable to authenticate the seal, by the signatures of the General Secretary of the General Synod and any member of the Executive Committee.
(3) Any deed, document or instrument purporting to be duly executed under the seal of the Foundation shall be received in evidence in any court and shall, unless the contrary is proved, be presumed to have been so executed.
(Enacted 1995)
Cap 1159 s 10 Accounts
(1) The Executive Committee shall cause proper accounts and records to be kept of all the financial transactions of the Foundation and shall, as soon as practicable after the end of each financial year, cause a statement of the accounts of the Foundation to be prepared for that financial year.
(2) A statement of accounts prepared under subsection (1) must include an income and expenditure account and a balance sheet.
(Enacted 1995)
Cap 1159 s 11 Audit
(1) The Executive Committee shall, as soon as practicable after the end of each financial year, submit the statement of the accounts prepared for that year as required by section 10 to a certified public accountant (practising) (appointed for the purpose by the Executive Committee) for audit.
(2) The certified public accountant (practising) shall prepare a report on the accounts and send the report to the Executive Committee which shall, as soon as practicable, send a copy of the report and a copy of the statement of accounts to the Standing Committee of the General Synod.
(3) In this section, 'certified public accountant (practising)' (执业会计师) has the meaning given by section 2 of the Professional Accountants Ordinance (Cap 50).
(Enacted 1995. Amended 23 of 2004 s. 56)
Cap 1159 s 12 Evidentiary provision
A certificate under the signature of the Archbishop of the Province or, if the Archbishop is absent from Hong Kong or is otherwise not available to sign a certificate, under the signature of the Chancellor, that-
(a) the person named in the certificate is the Chancellor;
(b) the persons named in the certificate are the persons who are the members constituting the Foundation or the persons constituting the Executive Committee; or
(c) the regulations attached to the certificate are the regulations of, and properly made by, the General Synod under this Ordinance,shall be accepted for all purposes as sufficient evidence of the facts stated in the certificate.
(Enacted 1995)
Cap 1159 s 13 Regulations
(1) The General Synod may, by resolution passed by the majority of its constituent members, make regulations for the administration of the Foundation and the control of its expenditure, the management of its property of all kinds and the performance generally of the Foundation's functions.
(2) The General Synod may, by resolution passed by the majority of its constituent members, amend or revoke any regulations made under this section.
(3) Regulations made by the General Synod under this section are to be held by the Chancellor and are to be available for inspection at reasonable times.
(4) The regulations are not to be regarded as subsidiary legislation.
(Enacted 1995)
Cap 1159 s 14 (Omitted as spent)
(Omitted as spent)
(Enacted 1995)
Cap 1159 s 15 Transitional
(1) This section applies to any vested or contingent gift or disposition, made either before or after the commencement of this Ordinance, by will, deed, testamentary disposition, or in any other manner for the benefit of The Bishop of Victoria, Hong Kong.
(2) A gift or disposition to which this section applies is to be construed for all purposes after the commencement of this Ordinance as if the gift were expressed to be for the benefit of the Foundation, and a receipt given by the Chancellor on behalf of the Foundation shall be a sufficient discharge to any person making a payment or otherwise acting in respect of such a gift or disposition in accordance with this subsection.
(Enacted 1995)
Cap 1159 s 16 Savings
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.
(Enacted 1995. Amended 4 of 2000 s. 3)