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of Consumandır Council,
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PART D
INCORPORATION AND POWERS
3. (1) The Consumer Council existing at the commencement of this Ordinance is hereby created a body corporate consisting of the persons who from time to me hold office as members of the Council.
(2) The Council shall have perpetual succession and a common seal and shall be capable of suing and being sued and of doing and suffering all such other acts sad things as bodies corporate may lawfully do and sudcr.
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Functions of Councill
Schedule
Powers of Courel.
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(3) The Council shall continue to be known in the Chinese language 消費者委員藏”
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4. (1) The functions of the Council are to protect and promote the interests of consumers of goods and services by—
(a) collecting. receiving and disseminaling information concerning
goods and services;
(b) receiving and examining complaints by and giving advice to
consumers of goods and services;
(c) taking such action as it thinka justified by information in its possession, including tendering advice to the Governmcal or to any public officer;
(d) encouraging business and professional associations to establish codes of practice to regulate the actvities of their members; (e) undertaking such other functions as the Council may adopt with
the prior approval of the Governor in Council.
(2) The Governor may by notice in writing to the Council declare any goods or services or class of goods or servicca to be outside the scope of the Council's functions under subsection (1).
(3) In subsection (1) and in section S(2Xc) "goods and services" does not include goods and services which are
(a) supplied by
(1) the Government or the Urban Council; or
(0) a body mentioned in the Schedule; or
(b) made the subject of a declaration under subsection (2).
(4) The Governor in Council may, by order published in the Gazerfe, amend the Schedule.
5. (1) The Council may do such things as are reasonably necessary to enable it to carry out its functions.
(2) Without restricting the generality of subsection (1), the Council may in carrying out its functions—
(a) acquire. hold and dispose of all kinds of properly movable and
immovable and in any manner which it thinks it:
(b) enter into any contract:
(c) undertake the testing and examination of goods and services; (d) produce or distribute, by way of sale or otherwise, any publica-
tion which is of interest to consumers;
(e) do any thing which it may do under this Ordinance in association or co-operation with any other person or sponsor any other person to do that thing;
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In charge for the use of any facility or service provided by the
Council;
Wel with the prior approval of the Governor, become a member of or affiliate to any international body concerned with consumer
6.
MAITEIL.
(1) The Council shall consist of the following mombers——
(u) a Chairman who shall be appointed by the Governor for a term
ool cacceding 2 years;
(b) the person who holds the office of Executive Director pursuant
to section 10,1); and
(c) not less than 13 nor more than 15 other persons each of whom
shall be appointed by the Governor for a term not exceeding Z years.
(2) The Chairman and any other member appointed under subsection (1Xc) may be reappointed upon expiry of their respective terms of office.
(3) The Chairman and any other member appointed under subsection (1)c) may at any time-
(a) resign his office by notice to the Goventor; or
(b) be removed therefrom by the Governor for permanent incapacity
or other sufficicot cause:
and upon such resignation or removal the term for which he was appointed shall be deemed to have expired.
(4) Whore the Chairman or any other member appointed under sub- section (Ke) is precluded by temporary incapacity or other cause from exercising his functions as such for any period the Governor may appoint another person to act in place of the Chairman or other member during such period with all such rights, powers, duties or liabilities as if be had been appointed under subsection (1).
(5) The Executive Director may authorize any other officer of the Council to attend a meeting in his stead, and in that case such officer shall be deemed for all purposes to be a member of the Council.
(6) Where any question arises under subsection (3) or (4) as to whether any incapacity or cause exists or whether any incapacity is temporary or peritianent or any cause sufficient, the decision of the Governor thereon sball be final.
Membership
of Council
7. (1) Meetings of the Council shall be held at such times and places Mecilner of as the Council or the Chairman may from time to time appoint.
(2) The following procedural provisions shall apply to every meeting of the Council and subject thereto the Council may regulate its own procedure
(a) members shall form a quorum;
(6) the Chairman or acting Chairman shall preside or, if both are absent or disqualified under section (c), the members present shall appoint one of their number to preside:
(c) every question shall be determined by a majority of votes of
The members present and voting thereon;
(4) in the event of an equality of votes the member presiding shall
have a casting vote in addition to his ordinary vote.
Council.