Chinese Temples.
shall be lawful for the Supreme Court, upon the hearing of an originating summons taken out by the chairman of the Chinese Temples Committee, to make an order vesting in the Secretary for Chinese Affairs Incorporated the right to transfer or call for a transfer of the stock or to receive the dividends or income thereof or to sue for or receive the chose in action, as the case may be. Any such vesting order shall have the same effect as a vesting order made under section 52 of the Trustee Ordinance.
(7) If the property in question is of any other nature than is referred to in subsections (5) and (6), and the person in whose possession or under whose control the property is fails without lawful excuse to comply with the direction of the Chinese Temples Committee to transfer the property to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs Incorporated, or cannot be served, it shall be lawful for a magistrate to make an order authorizing any police officer to take possession of the property, using such force as may be necessary for the purpose, and to transfer it to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs Incorporated.
(8) A certificate under the hand of the Colonial Secretary shall be conclusive evidence for all purposes as to whether any particular individual is, or was on any specified date, a member of the Chinese Temples Committee.
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temples.
8. (1) The revenues of all Chinese temples shall be Application applied in the first instance to the due observance of the of Chinese customary ceremonies and the maintenance of the temple buildings and temple properties, and any surplus may be transferred to the General Chinese Charities Fund referred to in section 9.
(2) It shall be in the discretion of the Chinese Temples Committee to decide what are the customary ceremonies of any particular Chinese temple and what amount may be spent on any particular authorized object and what surplus may be transferred to the General Chinese Charities Fund.
9. (1) The General Chinese Charities Fund referred General to in section 8 shall be held in such manner as the Chinese Charities Temples Committee may direct, and may in the discretion of the Chinese Temples Committee be applied-
Chinese
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