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Governor may designate

museums.

Management vested in Authority.

By-laws and regulations,

**museum"

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means a building, or part of a building, or area designated under section 3 as a museum.

3. The Governor may by notice in the Gazette designate any building, or part of a building, or area as a museum.

4.

The management and control of every museum shall vest in the Authority.

5. (1) The Urban Council may make by-laws to provide for all or any of the matters specified in subsection (3) in respect of any museum situate in the urban areas,

(2) The Governor in Council may make regulations to provide for all or any of the matters specißed in subsection (3) in respect of any museum situate in the New Territories except New Kowloon.

(3) By-laws made under subsection (1) or regulations made under subsection (2) may provide for—

(a) the fixing of days and hours during which the public may

be admitted to a museum, or any part thereof; (b) the closing or partial closing of a museum ;

(c) the regulation of admission of any person, animal or

thing to a museum, or any part thereof;

(d) the regulation of the copying, photographing or repro-

duction of exhibits;

(e) the regulation of the use of any exhibit or facility in a

museura;

(f) the regulation of the conduct of persons in a museum; (g) the protection of a museum and the exhibits, fittings and furniture therein, and any other contents thereof, from damage, destruction or loss;

(A) the circumstances in which the Authority may refuse any

person the use of any facility in a museum;

(1) the circumstances under which any person may be directed

to leave a museum, or any part thereof;

the terms and conditions under which any article may be

brought into or used within a museum;

(k) the control of the movement and parking of vehicles

within a museum:

()the prevention of obstruction of the staff of a museum

in the performance of their duties;

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(m) appeal against any decision, direction ar requirement made or given by a public officer in accordance with by-laws or regulations made under this section;

(n) the general regulation and management of a museum.

(4) All by-laws made by the Urban Council under this section shall be submitted to the Governor and shall be subject to the approval of the Legislative Council.

6. (1) The Authority may fix the fees to be paid by the public for-

(a) admission to any part of a museum;

(b) admission to any special exhibition or function organized

by the Authority in museum;

(c) the use of any facilities provided in a museum. (2) The Authority may, in any particular case, reduce or waive any fees fixed under this section.

(3) All fees fixed by the Authority under this section shall be subject to the approval of the Colonial Secretary.

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All moneys received by the Authority from the collec- tion of fees under this Ordinance or otherwise derived from the management of, or the provision of facilities in, a museum shall be paid into the general revenue of the Colony.

4. Any part of a museum to which from time to time the public has access, whether on payment or otherwise, shall, during such time, be deemed to be a public place for the purposes of the Summary Offences Ordinance.

9. Any sum of money which is payable under this Ordinance shall be recoverable as a debt due to the Government.

10. Without prejudice to any other law relating to the pro- secution of offences, a prosecution for any offence against this Ordinance may be brought in the name of the Authority.

Passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council this 12th day of May. 1971.

Clerk to the Legislative Council.

Powers of Authority to fix fees.

Money's lo be paid to gederat revenue,

Certain parts

of a museum to be public places.

(Cap. 2183

Suma recover- able as debts due to Government.

Prosecutions may be in the name of the Authority.