Short title and com- mencement.
Interpreta- tion.
(Cap. 173).
Chinese
Recreation
Ground and
Public
Square, Yau Ma Tei to be controtied
and managed by Com- miltre.
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AND WHEREAS the said Ordinance has been repealed by the Public Health and Urban Services Ordinance, 1960:
AND WHEREAS it is intended that, for the time being, the said lands shall continue to be used for the purposes for which they have been used heretofore :
AND WHEREAS, on the commencement of this Ordinance, the said lands will be leased, for the purposes aforesaid, to the committee established by this Ordinance to control and manage the same:
AND WHEREAS it is desirable to provide further for the managemeut and control of the said lands and the structures thereon, for the upkeep thereof, and for the application and investment of the revenue derived therefrom:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED by the Governor of Hong Kong. with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, a follows-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Chinese Recreation Ground and the Yau Ma Tei Public Square Ordinance, 1960, and shall come into operation on the day appointed for the commencement of the Public Health and Urban Services Ordinance, 1960.
2. In this Ordinance, save where the context otherwise requires-
"chairman" means the chairman of the Committee; "Committee" means the committee established by section 6: "former committee” means the committee appointed by the Governor in exercise of the powers conferred by the regulations under the Pleasure Grounds and Bathing Places Ordinance for the manage ment of the Chinese Recreation Ground, Hong Kong and the Public Square, Yau Ma Tei.
3.
The pieces or parcels of land situated in the Colony and known as the Chinese Recreation Ground, Hong Kong and the Public Square. Yau Ma Tei, and which are more particularly delineated and shown edged red on plans signed by the Director of Public Works and deposited in the Land Office and are referred to hereinafter as the Chinese Recreation Ground and the Public Square, Yau Ma Tel respectively, together with the structures erected thereon by or on behalf of the Committee or by or on behalf of any committee which ha heretofore been responsible for the management thereof, shall, subject t the provisions of this Ordinance and of the Crown leases by which the same are demised to the Committee, be controlled and managed by the Committee.
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GLC.
(1) The Committee shall receive the revenue derived from the Application Chinese Recreation Ground and the Public Square, Yau Ma Tei, the of revenue. income from any investments held by it and any other income which may, from time to time, accrue to it, and, out of the same, shall pay for the upkeep of the land and of the aforesaid structures.
(2) The Committee may apply any surplus funds for the benefit of such charitable purposes as it thinks fit.
5. (1) The chairman shall cause proper accounts to be kept on Accounts behalf of the Committee and shall cause to be prepared for the period and audit from the commencement of this Ordinance to the 31st day of March, thereof. 1961, and thereafter for every period of twelve months ending on the 31st day of March in cach year, a statement of accounts, which state- ment shall include an income and expenditure account and balance sheet.
(2) The accounts and the statement of the accounts shall be audited by the Director of Audit, who shall certify the statement subject to such report, if any, as he may think fit.
(3) The audited statement of accounts. together with the auditor's sport. if any, shall be laid on the Table of the Legislative Council not hter than the 30th day of September next following the end of the period vered by the audited accounts or so soon thereafter as the Governor may, in his absolute discretion, allow.
6. (1) For the purposes of this Ordinance, there is hereby Establish- stablished a committee which shall consist of-
ment and Incorpam-
(a) the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, who shall be the chairman; lion of
and
(b) the Chinese members, for the time being. of the Legislative
Council and the Executive Council.
(2) The Committee shall be a body corporate and shall bave the name of "The Chinese Recreation Ground and the Public Square Yau Ma Tei Management Committee", and in that name shall have perpetual succession and may sue and be sued, and shall have and may use a common seal.
Committee,
7. (1) The affixing of the common seal shall be authenticated Execution of by the signature of-
(a) the chairman, or some other member of the Committee authorized for that purpose by the Committee either generally or specially; and
(b) some other person authorized for that purpose by the Com-
mittee, either generally or specially.
Instrumen
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