Exemption schools and
of certain
further power to cxempt.
(28 of 1913.)
(4) The secretary to the Board who shall be provided by the Director shall forward a record of every meeting to the Director who shall transmit a copy to the Governor together with any observations he may wish to make thereon.
6. (1) The following schools shall, except in such case as the Governor in Council may by order in the Gaselle specify, be exempted from the provisions of this Ordinance-
(a) any school entirely maintained and controlled by Govern- ment, or entirely maintained and controlled by the authorities of Her Majesty's forces;
(b) any school in which the education is solely religious; (c) any school exempted from the Education Ordinance,
1913, by notification in the Gasette, such exemption not having been withdrawn prior to or after the commence. ment hereof.
(2) The Governor in Council may by order in the Gaseite exempt either wholly or in part from the provisions of this Ordinance or of the regulations, and either absolutely or subject to such conditions as he may think fit to impose, any school or class or category of school,
(3) The Director may, by order under his hand, exempt (either wholly or in part) from the provisions of this Ordinance or of the regulations, and either absolutely or subject in such condi- tions as he may think fit to impose, any school in which the education provided consists only of short series of lectures or short courses of instruction in individual subjects or topics or in which the bours of instruction in each week total less than five,
(4) Nothing in this Ordinance shall apply to the University (Cap, 319.) of Hong Kong established by the University Ordinance.
Registere to be maintained.
1.
(1) The Director shall cause to be maintained—
(a) a register of schools in which shall be entered the same
and address of every registered school;
(b) a register of managers in which shall be entered the name and address of every registered manager and the name of the school of which he is manager; and
(c) a register of teachers in which shall be entered the name
of every registered teacher.
(2) There may be entered in such registers such other parti- culars as the Director may deem necessary.
PART 11.
REGISTRATION OF SCHOOLS.
8. Subject to the provisions of section 6, every school shall All schools be registered under this Ordinance.
to be
registored.
9.
An application for registration of a school shall be made Application
for regis- to the Director in the prescribed form and shall be accompanied tration.
Form 1. by the documents therein specified and may be made by any person desirous of becoming a manager of such school.
#chool.
10. (1) Upon due application for the registration of a school, Regiatra- the Director shall, subject to the provisions of section 1 and after tion of such inquiry as may be necessary, either register such school or state the conditions upon compliance with which such school shall be registered.
(a) The name in which a school is registered shall be one approved by the Director who shall not, except with the prior sanction of the Governor in Council, approve any name containing the word "University" or the Chinese words 大學堂:or 學院”
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(3) Upon registration of a school, the Director shall issue to the supervisor thereof a certificate of registration in the prescribed form, and the supervisor shall cause such certificate to be kept Form 2. exhibited in a conspicuous place in the place.
11. The Director may refuse to register a school if it appears Grounds
for refusal to register a school.
to him-
(a) that the proposed school premises constitute a dangerous building or are or are likely to be structurally unsuitable to contain a school; or
(b) that the fire precautions in the proposed school premises
are or are likely to be inadequate; or
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