Chapter:	94	Title:	WIDOWS AND ORPHANS PENSION ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:	63 of 1999
Section:	7	Heading:	Appointment and meetings of directors	Version Date:	01/07/1997

Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 63 of 1999 s. 3

(1) It shall be lawful for the Chief Executive to appoint any number of officers not exceeding five and not less than three as directors, of whom one shall be nominated as Chairman by the Chief Executive, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Ordinance, and to cancel the appointment of any such person. (Amended 12 of 1910 s. 3; 50 of 1911 s. 4; 51 of 1911; 12 of 1912 Schedule; 13 of 1912 Schedule; 33 of 1939 Schedule; 20 of 1965 s. 2; 63 of 1999 s. 3)
(2) In the event of the death or absence from Hong Kong of a director, or in the event of the cancellation of the appointment of any director, the Chief Executive may appoint another officer to be a director in his place. (Amended 12 of 1910 s. 3; 50 of 1911; 51 of 1911; 12 of 1912 Schedule; 13 of 1912 Schedule; 33 of 1939 Schedule; 36 of 1987 s. 39; 63 of 1999 s. 3)
(3) Appointments of directors and cancellations thereof shall take effect from the notification thereof in the Gazette. (Added 51 of 1911; 13 of 1912 Schedule)
(4) At every meeting of the directors the chairman, and in his absence the senior officer present, shall preside. Every question shall be decided by the vote of the majority present at the meeting; the chairman or in his absence the officer presiding shall have a casting vote in addition to his vote as director. There shall be no meeting at which there shall not be at least three directors present and voting. (Amended 50 of 1911; 51 of 1911; 12 of 1912 Schedule; 13 of 1912 Schedule; 33 of 1939 Schedule; 20 of 1965 s. 2)