SPEECH BY THE HÔN G T BARNES JP,
SECRETARY FOR SECURITY
IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON 11 MAY 1988
He said:
SOCIETIES (AMENDMENT) BILL 1988
sir,
I move that the Societies (Amendment) Bill 1988 be
read the Second time.
The aim of the Bill is to enable an unnecessary
At present section 9(2) of the
charge to be removed.
Ordinance requires a fee to be charged for inspection of the
registers of societies maintained by the Commissioner of
Police as Registrar of Societies. This charge was intended to
deter casual browsing and was set at a nominal $1. The
le commissioner has pointed out that many requests to consult the
registers come by telephone, making a charge impractical and
that, in any case, administrative measures can be taken to
deter frivolous access to the registers.
Consequently it is
proposed to amend section 9(2) to remove the obligation to
charge a fee.
A
It is intended that if this Bill is enacted, the
rules made under the Societies Ordinance will be amended to
delete the $1 charge and substitute administrative procedures,
which will enable the Registrar of Societies to prevent casual
reference to the registers, should such measures
efer
be
necessary.
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