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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 8, 1913.
PART IV.---CONTROL AND SUPERVISION OF SCHOOLS.
12. It shall be lawful for the Governor-in-Council to Power to
Governor-in- make regulations and from time to time to rescind or vary Council to the same providing for :-
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make
(a.) the hygienic character and the proper sanita- regulations
tion of schools or school buildings;
(b.) the methods of enforcement of discipline in
schools;
(c.) the prohibition in registered schools of the use of any book, the use of which appears undesirable.
(d.) the proper keeping of school registers and
books of account at registered schools:
(e) any other matter regarding the proper conduct
and efficiency of schools.
relative to schools.
13. All regulations made under the provisions of the Regulations preceding section shall be published in the Gazette and to be shall be of full force and effect as from the date of such published
in Gazette. publication.
schools.
14. (1.) It shall be the duty of the Director to inspect Inspection personally or to cause to be inspected by an inspector or of registered sub-inspector at least once in every year every registered school for the purpose of ascertaining if all the regulations made under the provisions of section 12 of this Ordi- mance are being complied with and if such school is being properly and efficiently carried on and if such school is necessary for educational purposes.
(2.) It shall be the duty of the Director to inspect Inspection personally at least once a year every exempted school for of exempted the purpose of ascertaining whether the regulations made schools, under the provisions of section 12 (a), (b) and (e) of this Ordinance are being complied with and whether having regard to the general nature and conduct of the school it is such that it may properly continue to be exempt from supervision.
15. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of Right of section 14 of this Ordinance it shall be lawful for the entry of
inspecting Director or any inspector or sub-inspector to visit and officers. enter upon any school at any time during school hours.
16. If as a result of any inspection made under the Effect of provisions of section 14 of this Ordinance it shall be made inspection. to appear to the Director to his satisfaction that any of the regulations made under the provisions of section 12 of this Ordinance is not being or has not been complied with or that such school is not being properly or efficiently carried ou be may by notice in writing to the manager of such school call upon such manager to comply with or cause to be complied with any such regulation which is not being complied with at such school or to carry on such school in a proper and efficient manner before the expira- tion of such period not being less than one month as may by the Director be determined in such notice and if at the expiration of such period so determined in such notice such manager has failed to comply with any requisition made in such notice it shall be lawful for the Director to strike such school off the register and such school shall forthwith be deemed to be an unlawful school within the meaning of this Ordinance.
17. If as a result of any inspection made under the Further provisions of section 14 of this Ordinance it shall be made effect of to appear to the Director to his satisfaction that any such inspection. school is not necessary for educational purposes be shall in writing notify such fact to the manager of such school and at the expiration of a period of three months or of such further period as the Director may allow from the date of such notification he shall strike such school off the register and in the event of such school continuing in existence after such date it shall be deemed to be an unlawful school within the meaning of this Ordinance.
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