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Inspection of accounts, elc.

Power of

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(4) No person shall be the representative of more than one such member at any one time.

50. (1) Any member of the general committee may inspect the accounts of the Federation and any records in relation thereto and any book or document of the Federation at any time.

(2) The general committee shall, from time to time, determine the extent, if any, to, and the time and place at and the conditions on, which any member, other than a member who is a member of the general committee, may inspect such accounts, records, books or documents.

(3) Save to the extent determined by the general committee under the provisions of subsection (2) or as authorized by the Federation in general meeting, no member, other than a member who is a member of the general committee, shall be entitled to inspect such acconati, records, books or documents.

general com- for- mittee to make roles.

Notice to scheduled groups of uobul

general

meeting.

Service of noticed, etc.

51. (1) The general commitice may by rules prescribe or provide

(a) the manner in which the chairmen of scheduled groups and

members of the general committee shall be elected:

(b) such matters as it may consider necessary for the better conduct of the affairs of the Federation or the furtherance of any of its objects.

(2) No rules made under the provisions of subsection (1) shall be inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Ordinance.

(3) Rules made under this section may provide that the general committee may impose on any member who contravenes specified provi- sions thereof such penalty as may be prescribed by such rules:

Provided that no penalty so prescribed shall exceed five thousand dollars.

52. The secretary shall give to the chairman of each of the scheduled groups not less than one month's notice in writing of the date of the annual general mecting of the Federation.

53. Wherever in this Ordinance provision is made for the service or sending of any notice, balance sheet or other document, it shall be sufficient service if a copy of such notice, balance sheet or document is-

(a) delivered to the person upon whom it is to be served or le

whom it is to be sent;

(6) sent by registered post to the address of such person for the

time being entered in the register; or

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(c) published in two issues of two daily newspapers, one of which is published in the English language and one in the Chinese language.

54. (1) The validity of any proceeding of the Federation shall Validity of not be affected by any defect in the admission of any person to proceedings. membership thereof or by any defect in the appointment, election or co-option of any person as a member of the general committee or by any vacancy amongst the members of the committee.

(2) The validity of any proceeding of the general committee shall not be affected by any defect in the appointment, election or co-option of any person as a member thereof or by any vacancy amongst the members thereof.

53. (1) No person shall, save with the authority of the Protection of Federation-

badge of

Federation.

(a) have in his possession any badge of the Federation, which

bailge is portrayed in the Fourth Schedule; or

(b) use for any purpose-

Fourth Schedule.

(0) any badge or other device containing the words "Federa- tion of Hong Kong Industries"; or

(ii) any divice which so closely resembles the badge of the Federation as to be capable of being understood as referring to such badge.

(2) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of sub- section (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars.

56. Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect or be deemed to affect Saving. the rights of Her Majesty the Queen, Her Heirs or Successors, or the rights of any body politic or corporate or of any other persons except such as are mentioned in this Ordinance and those claiming by, from or under them.

PART IX.

Interim provisions with respect to general committee.

$7. (1) Until immediately after the first annual general mecting Interim of the Federation, the general committee shall consist of such members general com- as the Governor shall appoint.

(2) The Governor shall appoint two of such members of the general committee to be the chairman and deputy chairman thereof, respectively.

(3) The Governor may appoint another such member of the general committee to act as chairman or deputy chairman thereof, for such period as he may specify, during the temporary incapacity by illness or during the temporary absence from the Colony of the chairman or deputy chairman thereof, as the case may be.

mittes, etc.