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All Chinese temples to be in complete and separate buildings used for no other purpose.
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(2) All regulations made under this Ordinance shall be laid on the table of the Legislative Council at the first meeting thereof bold after the publication in the Gazette of the making of such regulations, and if a resolution be passed at the first meeting of the Legis- lative Council held after such regulations have been laid on the table of the said Council resolving that any such regulation shall be rescinded or amended in any manner whatsoever, the said regulation shall, without prejudice to anything done thereunder, be deemed to be rescinded or amended, as the case may be, us from the date of publication in the Gazette of the passing of such resolution.
(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed as obliging the Chinese Temples Committee to make any regulation before exercising any other power conferred on the Committee by this Ordinance.
4-(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-sections (3) and (4), no Chinese temple which is in existence at the commencement of this Ordinance shall be main- tained for a longer period than six mouths from the date of the commencement of the Ordinance unless it is in a building which is a complete and separate building and which is used for the purpose of such temple and for no other purpose.
(2) Subject to the provisions of sub-sections (3) and (4), no Chinese temple shall hereafter be established or maintained unless it is in a building which is a complete and separate building and which is erected and is used for the purpose of such temple and for no other purpose.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub- section (1) or (2), it shall be lawful for the Chinese Temples Committee referred to in section 7 to exempt any existing or fature Chinese temple from the provi- sions of sub-section (1) or (2) as the case may be. Any such exemption may be withdrawn at any time by the Chinese Temples Committee upon such notice as to the said Committee may seem proper.
(4) If the Chinese Temples Committee refuses to grant any exemption applied for under sub-section (3), or withdraws any exemption granted under the said sub-section, it shall be lawful for the applicant, within fourteen days from the date of such refusal or with- drawal as the case may be, to appeal by petition to the Governor in Council, and upon consideration of such petition and of any reply thereto submitted in writing by the Chinese Temples Committee it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to allow or to dismiss the appeal, and if he allows the appeal the exemption shall be granted, or the withdrawal of the exemption shall be cancelled, by the Chinese Temples Committee, with retrospective effect in each case to the date of the refusal or withdrawal as the case may be.
All Chinese 5. (1) No Chinese temple which is in existence temples to be at the commencement of the Ordinance shall be main- registered.
tained for a longer period than six months from the date of the commencement of this Ordinance unless it
is registered in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance.
(2) No Chinese temple shall hereafter be established or maintained unless it is registered in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance.
(3) Registration shall be effected at the office of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, and the following particulars shall be supplied in order to effect regis- tration --
(a) The name of the temple or intended temple.
(b) The address of the temple or intended temple,
including the street or road and lot number. (e) The gods worshipped or intended to be wor-
shipped.
(4) The nature or intended nature of the control of the temple, that is to say, whether by a committee or by a family or by an individual, and the title of the committee or the name of the family or individual.
(e) The name and address of the sz chuk
(temple keeper), if any.
() Particulars of the funds, investments and properties held at the time of registration, and where, how and by whom those funds, investments or properties are held.
(g) The application or intended application of the revenue of the temple, including the revenue from funds, investments or property held or to be held.
(4) In the case of a temple which is in existence at the commencement of the Ordinance, the date or approximate date of its establishment, and the approximate average annual revenue from all sources.
No person to take part in
6. No
shall- person (a) take any part in the establishment or main- the establish-
tenance of any Chinese temple which is ment of any established or maintained contrary to any Chinese
unlawful
of the provisions of this Ordinance or of temple, etc. any regulation made thereunder, or
(b) take any part in the management or in the service of any such Chinese temple, or
(c) derive any profit from the revenue of any
such Chinese temple, or
(d) knowingly supply any false or inaccurate information for the purposes of this Ordi-
nance.
Chinese
7.-(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Revenues, Secretary for Chinese Affairs Incorporation Ordinance, etc., of all 1928, the revenues, funds, investments and properties temples to be of all Chinese temples shall, subject to the provisions under the of section 8, be under the absolute control of a com- control of mittoe which shall be known as the Chinese Temples Temples Committee and which shall consist of the following Committee.
persons :-
(a) The Chinese members for the time being of
the Legislative Council.
(b) A representative of the District Watch Coin- mittee appointed by the Governor from time to time on the nomination of the District Watch Committee.
(c) The Chinese members of the Sanitary Board for the time being who shall have been appointed by the Governor.
(d) The Chairman for the time being of the Board
of Direction of the Tung Wa Hospital.
(e) The senior member for the time being of the
Committee of the Po Leung Kuk.
() The Chairman for the time being of the
Kwong Wa Hospital Committee.
(9) The Secretary for Chinese Affairs.
The Secretary for Chinese Affairs shall be the chair- man of the Chinese Temples Committee. Five mem- bers shall form a quorum,
the Chinese
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