Delegation.
Restriction
as to future Anuncial commitments.
Seal of the Council.
7. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Council may, by instrument in writing, delegate to the Executive Director or to any committee of the Council, with or without restrictions or conditions, as the Council thinks fit, such of its powers and functions as it deems expedient for the efficient discharge of the functions of the Council:
Provided that no delegation made hereunder shall preclude the Council from exercising or performing at any time any of the powers or functions so delegated.
(2) Subsection (1) shall not permit the delegation of the power- (a) to approve the annual programme or estimates of income or
expenditure of the Council; or
(b) to authorize the annual report or statements of income or expenditure and of assets and liabilities of the Council; or (c) to appoint any officer or servant to a post the annual emolu-
ments of which exceed fifty thousand dollars; or
(d) to approve general terms and conditions of service of officers
or servants of the Council; or
(e) to establish or cater into any arrangement for the establish-
ment of a provident fund scheme under section 6; or
() to transfer any sum, under paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section 22, to any major head of expenditure in the approved estimates of expenditure of the Council,
and shall not permit the delegation to any committee of the Council of the power under paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section 22 to transfer any sum from any sub-head of expenditure to any other sub- bead in the approved estimates of expenditure of the Council.
*. Without the approval of the Governor, no contract shall be entered into in the exercise of any of the powers conferred upon the Council by this Ordinance that itself is likely, or together with all other contracts previously entered into are likely, to involve expenditure by the Council in any subsequent financial year under any of the major heads of expenditure specified in subsection (2) of section 22 of an amount or aggregate amount exceeding the sum in the estimate of ex- penditure approved by the Governor for the same major head of expenditure in respect of the year in which such contract is entered into (and not transferred to any other major head by the Council) together with any sum transferred to that head by the Council during. that year (other than a sum transferred thereto from any unallocated balance or surplus shown in the estimates for that year).
9. (1) The Council shall have a common seal, and the fixing of the seal shall
(a) be authorized or ratified by resolution of the Council; and
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(b) be authenticated by the signatures of any two members of the Council, authorized by resolution of the Council either gener- ally or specially to act for that purpose.
(2) Any document purporting to be a document duly executed under the seal of the Council shall be received in evidence and shall, unless the contrary is proved, be presumed to be a document so executed.
instruments
10. Any contract or instrument which, if entered into or executed Certain con by a person not being a body corporate, would not be required to be tracts and under seal may be entered into or executed on behalf of the Council by not required any person gederally or specially authorized by the Council for that to be under purpose.
PART III.
MEMBERSHIP AND PROCEDURE OF THE COUNCIL.
11. (1) The Council shall consist of the following members-
BET.
Membership of the
(a) the Chairman who shall be appointed, as such, by the Counci
Governors
(b) seven ex officio members, as follows-
(1) the Chairman of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce.
(i) the Chairman of the Federation of Hong Kong In- dustries,
(ii) the President of the Chinese Manufacturers' Associa- tion.
(iv) the Chairman of the Hong Kong Tourist Association, (v) the Chairman of the Exchange Banks Association, (vi) the Director of Commerce and Industry, and (vii) the Director of Information Services:
Provided that if any person, who as the Chairman or President of any one of the aforesaid associations is a member of the Council, becomes the Chairman or President, as the case may be of any of the other four such associations, the Governor shall, from amongst the members of the latter association, appoint a person to be a member of the Council for so long as the first-mentioned person remains the Chair- man or President, as the case may be, of both such associa- tions:
(c) three nominated members of whom-
(i) one shall be nominated by the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce,
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