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All Chinese
temples to be in complete and separate buildings
used for no other purpose.
All Chinese temples to be registered.
(2) All regulations made under this Ordinance shall be laid on the table of the Legislative Council at the first meeting thereof held after the publication in the Gazette of the making of such regulations, and if a resolution be passed at the first meeting of the Legis- lative Council held after such regulations have been laid on the table of the said Council resolving that any such regulation shall be rescinded or amended in any manner whatsoever, the said regulation shall, without prejudice to anything done thereunder, be deemed to be rescinded or amended, as the case may be, as from the date of publication in the Gazette of the passing of such resolution.
(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed as obliging the Chinese Temples Committee to make any regulation before exercising any other power conferred on the Committee by this Ordinance.
4.-(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-sections (3) and (4), no Chinese temple which is in existence at the commencement of this Ordinance shall be main- tained for a longer period than six months from the date of the commencement of the Ordinance unless it is in a building which is a complete and separate building and which is used for the purpose of such temple and for no other purpose.
(2) Subject to the provisions of sub-sections (3) and (4), no Chinese temple shall hereafter be established or maintained unless it is in a building which is a complete and separate building and which is erected and is used for the purpose of such temple and for no other purpose.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub- section (1) or (2), it shall be lawful for the Chinese Temples Committee referred to in section 7 to exempt any existing or future Chinese temple from the provi- sions of sub-section (1) or (2) as the case may be. Any such exemption may be withdrawn at any time by the Chinese Temples Committee upon such notice as to the said Committee may seem proper.
(4) If the Chinese Temples Committee refuses to grant any exemption applied for under sub-section (3), or withdraws any exemption granted under the said sub-section, it shall be lawful for the applicant, within fourteen days from the date of such refusal or with- drawal as the case may be, to appeal by petition to the Governor in Council, and upon consideration of such petition and of any reply thereto submitted in writing by the Chinese Temples Committee it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to allow or to dismiss the appeal, and if he allows the appeal the exemption shall be granted, or the withdrawal of the exemption shall be cancelled, by the Chinese Temples Committee, with retrospective effect in each case to the date of the refusal or withdrawal as the case may be.
5.-(1) No Chinese temple which is in existence at the commencement of the Ordinance shall be main- tained for a longer period than six months from the date of the commencement of this Ordinance unless it is registered in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance.
(2) No Chinese temple shall hereafter be established or maintained unless it is registered in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance.
(3) Registration shall be effected at the office of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, and the following particulars shall be supplied in order to effect regis-
tration :-
(a) The naine of the temple or intended temple.
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