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Transaction of business by circulation of papers.
Incorporation.
Powers and duties of the Authority.
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(12) The Chairman of the Authority or in his absence the Deputy Chairman, shall preside at meetings of the Authority, and, in the absence of both the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman, such member shall preside as the members present select. (Replaced, 14 of 1987, s. 2)
4. The Authority may transact any of its business by the circulation of papers, and a resolution in writing which is approved in writing by a majority of the members shall be as valid and effectual as if it had been passed at a meeting of the Authority by the votes of the members so approving the resolution.
5. The Hong Kong Examinations Authority shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and shall be capable of holding and disposing of all kinds of property, of suing and being sued and, subject to this Ordinance, of doing and suffering all such other acts and things as bodies corporate may lawfully do and suffer.
6. [Repealed, 14 of 1987, s. 3]
7. (1) Subject to section 13, the Authority shall have powers to do all such things as are necessary or advantageous and proper in planning and conducting examinations in Hong Kong and shall---
(a) conduct the specified examinations;
(b) determine the educational requirements necessary for candidates to be eligible to sit specified examinations;
(c) make rules to regulate the conduct of candidates sitting specified examinations and the exclusion of candidates from sitting specified examinations for breach of any such rule;
(d) approve syllabuses for specified examinations;
(e) award certificates to candidates who attain a standard determined by the Authority in specified examinations.
(2) Without restricting subsection (1), the Authority may for the purposes referred to therein--
(a) appoint such committees as it thinks fit;
(b) subject to approval by the Governor under section 10, fix fees to be paid by candidates sitting the specified examinations; (Amended, 14 of 1987, s. 4)
(c) conduct any examination or category of examinations, other than specified examinations, as the Governor may approve and make rules to regulate the conduct of candidates sitting those examinations and the exclusion of candidates for breach of any such rule; (Replaced, 14 of 1987, s. 4)
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