THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 17, 1911.
Society, is being held, or that any books, acconuts, writings, may arrest banners or insignia belonging to any unlawful Society are and seize concealed, kept or deposited and to arrest or cause to be persons and arrested all persons found in such house and to search such property
found. house, building or place, and seize or canse to be seized all books, accounts, writings, banners, documents, flags, in- signia, arms and other articles which he may have reason- able cause to believe to belong to any unlawful Society, or 10 be in any way connected therewith.
(2.) All persons so arrested and all articles so seized may Persons and be detained in custody till they can conveniently be brought property so before a Police Magistrate to be dealt with according to seized to be law.
taken before a Court.
witnesses.
19.--(1.) The Registrar of Societies may summon before Registrars to him any person whom he has reason to believe to be able have power to give any information as to the existence or operations of to summon any unlawful Society, or suspected unlawful Society, or as to the operations of any Registered Society or Exempted Society and the person so summoned shall be legally bound to attend at the hour and place in the suminous specified, and to produce all documents in his custody, possession or power relating to such Society or suspected Society, and to answer truthfully all questions which such Registrar may put to him.
(2.) Any person so summoned before the Registrar who Penalty. fails to attend or who answers untruthfully any question put to him by the Registrar shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars,
to be taken.
(3.) If any person summoned by the Registrar under this Registrar section shall refuse to give such information, or shall give may order information which the Registrar believes to be false, the photograph Registrar may, if he considers it advisable to make provi- sion for the identification of such person, order that a photograph shall be taken at such time and in such place and manner as the Registrar may think fit, and if such person refuses to comply with such order he may be arrested and detained in custody until he can conveniently be brought before a Magistrate to be dealt with according to law.
(4.) Any person who may fail to comply with any order Penalty, that he shall permit his photograph to be taken shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not execeding one hundred dollars.
20. No person shall be charged with an offence under Charges, this Ordinance or under any Rule made under it except on the complaint of the Registrar.
21. Any books, accounts, writings, banners, insignia or Forfeiture. other property belonging to any unlawful Society shall be disposed of as the Registrar subject to the instinctions of the Governor-in-Council nmy direct.
22. In every use where personal service of any sum- Service of mons issued under this Ordinance or under any rule made summons, thereunder cannot be effected, it shall be sufficient service etc. to affix one copy thereof outside the premises (if any) of the Society in respect of which such sunumons is issued and to leave another copy thereof at the registered address or last known place of abode or business of the person on whom it is desired to serve the summons. Sufficient service of all notices and other documents issued meder this Ordinance or under any rule made hereunder era he offeeted in a similar way.
23.-(1.) The Governor-in-Council may from time to Power to time make Rules to prescribe the manuer of registering make rules. Societies under this Ordinance and to fix fees for the registration of Societies and generally to give effect to the provisióus of this Ordinance."
(2.) Any person committing a breach of any such rule Penalty for shall be liable on summary conviction to a fiue not ex- breach of ceeding twenty-five dollars.
rule.
24. Every Registered Society and every Exempted Societies on Society declaring by its managers its desire in this behalf declaration shall, upon such declaration mac to the Registrar of So- to be cieties and registered by him, !, 'e entitled to the benefit of the following provisious, that is to say :—
entitled to the following privileges.
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