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Evidence.

Transitional provision

Buler.

Duration

Repeal, Ordinance No. of 1920.

24. In any prosecution under this Ordinance the Magistrate may refer, for the purpose of evidence, to "The Triad Society or Heaven and Earth Association" by William Stanton and to any other published book or articles on the subject of unlawful societies in general or of particular unlawful societies which the Magistrate may consider to be of authority on the subject to which they relate.

25. (1) Any local society in existence at the date of the com- mencement of this Ordinance shall make application for registration fo accordance with section 5 within thirty days of such date.

(2) Notwithstanding section 9 no such society (not being a Triad Society) shall be deemed to be au unlawful society until such period of thirty days has elapsed and such society has failed to obtain an order for registration or exemption from registration.

26, (1) The Governor in Council may from time to time make rules for the purposes following or any of them

(a) to prescribe the manner of exemption and registration of societies under this Ordinance;

(b) to regulate or restrict changes of the name or objects of exempted or registered societies;

(e) to regulate or restrict changes of the place of business or place of meetings of registered societies or of exempted aocieties;

(d) to prescribe the forms which may be used for carrying out the provisions of this Ordinance;

Registrar;

(e) to prescribe information to be furuished to the

(f) generally for carrying into effect the provisions of this Ordinance in relation to any matters, whether similar or not to those in this sub-section mentioned, as to which it may be expedient to make rules.

(2) A contravention of any rule made under this Or- dinance shall be an offence and a person guilty thereof shall be Hiable on sumnjury conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months unless a lesser penalty is prescribed by rule.

(3) The rules in the Schedule to this Ordinance shall be in force except so far as they may be rescinded or amended by rules made under this section.

27. This Ordinance shall continue in force until and including the 31st December, 1950: Provided that it shall be lawful for the Legislative Council from time to time by resolution to extend the duration of this Ordinance for such term, not exceeding one year at a time, as may be specified in such resolution.

28. The Societies Ordinance, 1920, is hereby repealed.

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SCHEDULE

THE SOCIETIES ORDINANCE, 1949

(Section 26)

RCLES

These rules may be cited as the Societies (Registration) Citation. Rules, 1949.

2. Every application for the registration of any local society Application shall be made in Form I of the Schedule to these rules, which forms. form shall be supplied by the Registrar of Societies. Such application shall be signed by the three principal office-bearers of such society.

3. The decision of the Registrar upon every application made Decision of in manner specified in rule 2 shall be communicated in Form II Registcur upon of the Schedule to these rules.

application.

4. No alteration in the declared objects of any registered Changes of

declared society shall be operative without the prior permission in writing of the Registrar obtained upon application to him made in writing society.

object of and signed by the principal office-bearer,

5,

No registered or excmpted society shall change its name change of without the prior permission in writing of the Registrar obtained name of on application to him made in writing and signed by the principul society. office-bearer.

SCHEDULE

Form I

THE SOCIETIES (REGISTRATION) RULES, 1949

(Rule 2)

Application is hereby maile for the registration of a society of which the pame and other description are as follows Name

Address

Objectя

Description of persona to whom membership is restricted.