THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, APRIL 27, 1928.
HONG KONG
No. 7 OF 1928.
I assent.
L.S.
C. CLEMENTI, Governor.
27th April, 1928.
An Ordinance to suppress and prevent abuses in the management of Chinese temples and in the administration of the funds of Chinese temples.
[27th April, 1928.]
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Chinese Short title. Temples Ordinance, 1928.
2. In this Ordinance "Chinese temple" includes:-
(a) All Miu (, Temples), Tsz (#, Budd- hist Monasteries), Kun and To Yuen (
, Taoist Monasteries), and Om
(Nunneries), and
(b) every place where :-
(i) in accordance with the religious principles governing Miu, Tsz, Kun, To Yuen or Om, worship of gods, or communication with spirits, or fortune telling, is prac- tised or is intended to be practised, and where
(ii) fees, payments or rewards of any kind whatsoever are charged to or are accept- ed from any member of the public for the purpose of worship or communica- tion with spirits or fortune telling or any similar purpose, or in return for joss candles or incense sticks, or on any
other account whatsoever.
Interpreta- tion.
3.--(1) It shall be lawful for the Chinese Temples Regulations. Committee referred to in section 7 to make, subject to the approval of the Governor in Council, regulations
for any of the following purposes :-
(a) the registration, management, control, and
inspection of Chinese temples;
(b) the management, control and audit of the
funds of Chinese temples;
(c) the duties of sz chuk (,temple keepers).
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