CAP. 279

Education

[1985 Ed.

Provisional registration of school.

Effect on

provisional

registration when application for

registration is determined.

Restrictions on registration and provisional

registration.

Certificate of registration or provisional registration.

Premises in which school

may be operated.

15. (1) At any time after an application for registration of a school is made in accordance with section 11 and before the application is determined, the Director may provisionally register the school for such period, not exceeding 12 months, as he thinks fit.

(2) The Director may extend the period of provisional registration of a school for such further periods, not exceeding 12 months at one time, as he thinks fit.

16. (1) If the Director registers a school which is provisionally registered, the provisional registration of the school shall cease to have effect.

(2) If the Director refuses to register a school which is provisionally registered, the provisional registration of the school shall not by reason only of such refusal cease to have effect.

17. Notwithstanding sections 13 and 15, the Director shall not-

(a) register or provisionally register a school in any name containing the word "university" or the Chinese characters “大學” or “學院”; or

(b) without the consent of the Governor, register or provisionally register any school which provides post-secondary education.

18. (1) On registering or provisionally registering a school, the Director shall issue to the supervisor a certificate of registration or a certificate of provisional registration in the prescribed form and sufficient copies of the certificate so that the certificate or a copy may be exhibited in each of the premises specified in the certificate.

(2) Except as provided in subsection (3), section 20 and section 71, the supervisor of a school shall cause the certificate or a copy issued by the Director under subsection (1) to be exhibited at all times in a conspicuous place in each of the premises specified in the certificate.

(3) If the Director extends the period of provisional registration of a school under section 15(2), the supervisor shall within one month after the date when he is notified of the extension deliver the certificate of provisional registration and every copy of the certificate to the Director, who shall amend the certificate and the copies thereof accordingly and return them to the supervisor.

19. (1) No school shall be operated in any premises other than the premises specified in the certificate of registration or provisional registration of the school.

(2) No teacher in any school shall teach in any premises other than the premises specified in the certificate of registration or provisional registration of the school.

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