Section 26
Rules
of Cheng Hoon Teng Temple (Incorporation) Act 1949
(1)
The Standing Committee may make, and when made vary or revoke, rules not inconsistent with this Act—
(a)
to prescribe the conditions relating to eligibility for membership of the Corporation and the method of election;
(b)
to regulate the election of members of the Standing
Committee, Advisory Committee and Chairman of the
Corporation;
(c)
to regulate the calling and conduct of meetings of the
Standing Committee and Advisory Committee and their procedure in transacting business;
(d)
for the appointment of subcommittees to whom may be delegated powers to manage any temple, burial ground or other property of the Corporation;
(e)
to allocate duties to and to regulate the exercise of executive powers by the Standing Committee and Subcommittee of the Corporation;
(f)
to regulate the collection of subscriptions for the purposes of the Corporation;
(g)
to regulate the keeping and presentation of accounts;
(h)
to regulate the appointment, conduct and dismissal of servants of the Corporation;
(i)
to provide for the creation and upkeep of a register of
Chinese marriages, and for the conduct of marriage ceremonies solemnized in accordance with the practice of Buddhism, Confucianism or Taoism;
(j)
to regulate funeral ceremonies solemnized in accordance with the practice of Buddhism, Confucianism or Taoism;
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(k)
to regulate the manner in which all religious service, religious instruction and the preaching of sermons may be conducted;
(l)
for any other purposes necessary or expedient in the management of the affairs and the carrying into effect of the objects and purposes of the Corporation.
(2)
Rules so made shall be certified under the hand of the
Chairman of the Corporation, shall be published in the Gazette and shall not be effective until the expiration of one month from the date of such publication.
Saving of rights 27.
Nothing in this Act shall affect the rights of His Majesty, His
Heirs and Successors, or the rights of Their Highnesses the Rulers, and Their Successors, or the rights of any body politic or corporate, or of any other persons except such as are mentioned in this Act and those claiming by, through, from or under them.
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