1977 Ed.]
Professional Accountants By-laws
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[Subsidiary]
(2) The registration committee shall examine the qualifications of the applicant and shall advise the Council as to whether the applicant should be registered or whether the application should be rejected.
(3) The Council shall not be bound to accept the advice of the registration committee.
21. (1) The registration committee shall meet at least once in every 3 months, and at more frequent intervals if it so determines or if the Council so requires.
(2) Three members of the registration committee shall form a quorum at a meeting thereof.
(3) If at a meeting of the registration committee the number of members of the committee present is insufficient to form a quorum, the meeting shall stand adjourned for 1 week to be then held at the same hour and place.
(4) The registration committee may, if it thinks fit, transact any of its business by the circulation of papers, and a resolution in writing approved in writing by a majority of the members thereof present in Hong Kong shall be as valid and effectual as if it had been passed at a meeting of the registration committee by the votes of the members so approving the resolution.
Meetings of registration committee.
L.N. 137/77.
PART V
DESIGNATION OF PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANTS
22. (1) Subject to paragraph (2), a professional accountant shall-
(a) be designated as an Associate of the Hong Kong Society of Accountants;
(b) be entitled to use the initials "A.H.K.S.A." after his name; and
(c) be issued by the Registrar with a certificate, signed by the President, certifying that he is an Associate of the Society.
(2) A professional accountant who satisfies the conditions specified in paragraph (3) shall on payment of the fee fixed by the Council-
(a) be designated as a Fellow of the Hong Kong Society of Accountants;
(b) be entitled to use the initials "F.H.K.S.A." after his name; and
(c) be issued by the Registrar with a certificate, signed by the President, certifying that he is a Fellow of the Society.
Associates and Fellows.
L.N. 137/77.