CAP. 153]
Chinese Temples
[1989 Ed.
that the funds and revenues of any registered Chinese temple are insufficient for its maintenance, it shall be lawful for the committee to call, in such manner and at such time and place as to the committee may seem fit, a meeting of such persons as may appear to the committee to be interested in the matter, and to lay the facts before such interested persons as may attend such meeting, and to ascertain their views. (Amended 33 of 1939 Supp. Schedule; G.N. 840 of 1940)
(2) If upon considering such views, if any, and all the circumstances of the case it appears to the committee that sufficient support for the temple is not likely to be forthcoming it shall be lawful for the committee to order the temple to be closed. (Amended 33 of 1939 Supp. Schedule; G.N. 840 of 1940)
(3) Notice of such order shall be posted up at the temple and shall if possible be given to the person or persons by whom the temple is controlled or some of them.
(4) Upon the expiration of 1 month from the date upon which the notice is posted up at the temple and whether the notice has remained so posted throughout the said period or not, the temple shall be deemed to be an unregistered temple and if it is maintained thereafter it shall be deemed to be maintained contrary to the provisions of this Ordinance. (Amended 33 of 1939 Supp. Schedule; G.N. 840 of 1940)
(5) Upon the posting up of such notice at the temple the Secretary for Home Affairs Incorporated may take possession of all the property of the temple and may sue for the recovery of any such property and may, with the consent of the Chinese Temples Committee, sell or otherwise dispose of such property. (Amended L.N. 15 of 1970; L.N. 68 of 1985; L.N. 263 of 1989)
(6) The proceeds of any such sale shall, subject to any lawful claims, be transferred to the General Chinese Charities Fund.
13. Exempted Chinese temples
(1) The Chinese temples specified in the Schedule, hereinafter referred to as exempted Chinese temples, shall be exempt from the provisions of sections 3, 4, 7, 8, 10 and 11.
(2) No person shall make or attempt to make any public collection or any public appeal or request for any exempted Chinese temple or for any object connected therewith, except within the precincts of that temple. (Amended 33 of 1939 Supp. Schedule; G.N. 840 of 1940)
(3) This Ordinance shall not apply to the Man Mo Temple.
(4) The Governor in Council may add to the Schedule.
14. Powers of search and seizure
(1) It shall be lawful for any person authorized thereto in writing by the Secretary for Home Affairs, either generally or for a particular occasion, to