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Ord. No. 56/87
HONG KONG COUNCIL ON SMOKING AND HEALTH
(c) may engage the services of technical and professional advisers as
it thinks fit,
and may determine all matters relating to their remuneration and terms and conditions of appointment or engagement.
Staff benefits.
11. (1) The Council may—
Documents.
(a) provide allowances and benefits for its employees;
(b) make payments, whether ex gratia or legally due, to the personal representative of a deceased employee or to any person who was dependent on such employee at his death.
(2) The Council may establish, manage and control, or enter into an arrangement with any company or association for the establishment, management and control by such company or association either alone or jointly with the Council of, any fund or scheme for the purpose of providing for the allowances, benefits and payments referred to in sub- section (1).
(3) The Council may make contributions to any fund or scheme referred to in subsection (2) and may require its employees to make contributions thereto.
(4) In this section "employees" includes any class of employee which the Council may specify and in subsection (1) includes former employees.
12. (1) The Council may make and execute all such documents as may be expedient for or conducive to the attainment of its purposes or of any purpose reasonably incidental to or consequential upon those purposes.
(2) A document to be made by the Council shall be deemed to be duly executed if sealed with the seal of the Council in accordance with subsection (3).
(3) A document shall not be sealed with the seal of the Council unless the seal is affixed pursuant to a resolution of the Council and in the presence of 2 members of the Council, each of whom shall sign his name.
(4) Any document purporting to be a document executed under the seal of the Council authenticated in accordance with subsection (3) shall be received in evidence and shall, until the contrary is proved, be deemed to be a document so executed.
(5) Any contract or instrument which if entered into or executed by a person not being a body corporate would not be required to be in the form of a deed may be entered into or executed on behalf of the Council by any person generally or specially authorized by the Council for that purpose.
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HONG KONG COUNCIL ON SMOKING AND HEALTH
Ord. No. 56/87
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PART III
FINANCIAL
13. (1) The Governor may, out of money appropriated for the Resources of purpose by the Legislative Council, authorize payment to the Council of Council. such amounts of money as he thinks fit.
(2) The resources of the Council shall consist of—
(a) all money received by the Council under subsection (1);
(b) all other money and property, including donations, fees, rent, interest and accumulations of income received by the Council for its purposes.
(3) All money received by the Council shall be deposited with any bank approved by the Financial Secretary.
14. The Council may, with the prior approval of the Financial Borrowing Secretary, borrow money and charge all or any part of its property as powers. security therefor.
15. All money of the Council that is not immediately required shall be Use of surplus invested on deposit in any bank approved by the Financial Secretary, either funds. generally or in any particular case, for the purpose or in such other forms of investment as the Financial Secretary may approve.
16. The Council shall in each financial year adopt estimates of income Estimates. and expenditure for the ensuing financial year and, before a date to be appointed by the Secretary for Health and Welfare, send them to the Governor for his approval together with a programme of its proposed activities for the ensuing financial year.
17. (1) The Council shall keep proper accounts and proper records in Accounts, audit relation to the accounts.
(2) Without restricting the generality of subsection (1), the accounts and records kept by the Council shall include information relating to—
(a) money received and paid by the Council disclosing the sources of
receipt and reasons for payment;
(b) the assets and liabilities of the Council.
(3) The Council shall, as soon as is practicable and in any case not later than 3 months after the expiry of a financial year, prepare a statement of the accounts of the Council, which statement shall include an income and expenditure account and a balance sheet.
(4) The Council shall, with the prior approval of the Secretary for Health and Welfare to any appointment proposed to be made, appoint an auditor, who shall be entitled to have access at any time to all books of account, vouchers and other records of the Council and to require such information and explanations relating thereto as he thinks fit.
(5) The auditor shall, as soon as is practicable, audit the accounts required by subsection (3) and shall submit a report on the accounts to the Council.
and annual
report.