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HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 11 January 1989

香港立法局 —————————一九八九年一月十一日

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Categories include associations of alumni, clansmen and natives, recreational, sports, arts and cultural, religious, sports, traders, benevolent organizations, owners and tenants, and so on.

Statistics are not available on organizations which have been operating prior to being registered under the Societies Ordinance. If any organization operating without registration comes to police attention by virtue of its illegal activities, appropriate enforcement action will be taken. However if it is a bone fide organization that has not registered due to an oversight, the legalities required will be pointed out to the organization, and the Registrar of Societies will consider registering it upon receipt of its application.

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Sections 6 and 7 of Societies Ordinance, Cap 151

Annex

(1) The Registrar may refuse to register or to exempt from registration a society if —

(a) the society is a branch of or is affiliated to or is connected with any society whose registration has been cancelled or whose exemption from registration has been rescinded; or

(b) the society is unlawful by virtue of any other enactment; or

(c) any group of members of the society or any office-bearers of the society have in any way been connected with or participated in or instigated or supported the commission of an offence under this Ordinance, or any office-bearer of the society has been convicted of an offence under any other Ordinance which, in the opinion of the Registrar, renders him unfit to hold office in the society. (Amended, 36 of 1982, s.3)

(2) The Registrar, after consultation with the Chief Secretary, may refuse to register or to exempt from registration a society if he is satisfied that —

(a) the society is a branch of or is affiliated to or is connected with any organization or group of a political nature established outside Hong Kong; or

(b) the society has exercised or is exercising or intends to exercise or has attempted to exercise influence over the conduct or management of any school as defined by section 3 of the Education Ordinance, or over any teacher or pupil in any such school and that such influence is -

(i) of a political nature; or

(ii) prejudicial to the conduct or management of such school or to the welfare and good order of any such teacher or pupil; or