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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

No. S. 277. The following Bill, which will be read a first time at the next meeting of the Legislative Council, is published for general information.

6th October, 1911.

WARREN BARNES,

Colonial Secretury.

Short title.

Interpreta- tion.

A BILL

ENTITLED

An Ordinance to provide for a more effectual

control over Societies and Clubs.

BE it cuartel by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Conneil thereof, as follows:

1 This Ordinance may be cited as "The Societies Or- dinaure, 1911”.

2. In this Ordinuneo,--

the word "Society" includes any club, company, partnership or association of ten or more persons, whatever be its nature or object, but does not include (4.) any company registered under the Companies Ordinance, 1865, or any Ordinance amending or substituted for the same;

(4.) any company or association constituted under Royal Charter, Royal Letters Patent, Aet, or Ordinance;

(e.) any Lodge of Freemasons regularly constituted under any of the registered governing bodies of Freemasons in the United Kingdom : (d) any company, association or partnership, con- sisting of not more than twenty persons, formed for the sole purpose of carrying on any lawful

business;

the words "Registerel Society" mean any Society for the time being registered under this Ordinanen;

the words “Exempted Society" mean any Society for the time being exempted from registration by au order of exemption made unier this Or linance ;

the word * Registrar” means the Registrar of Societies, and includes any Assistant Registrar:

the word "prescribed" means prescribed by rule male by the Governor-in-Council under this Ordin-

ance.

Appoint- ment of Registrars.

Registration of Societies.

3. The Registrar General shall be the Registrar of Societies and the Assistant Registrars General shall be Assistant Registrars of Societies.

4.--(1.) The Governor-in-Commeil may order that any Society be exempted from registration under this Ordinance and the Societies named in the Schedule shall be deemed to have been so exempted unless or until the Governor- in-Council shall otherwise order,

(2.) The Governor-in-Council may order that any Ex- empted Society he permitted to be registered under this Ordinance and thereupon such Society shall cease to be an Exempted Society,

(3.) The Governor-in-Council, upon application for registration or exemption by any Society, may order that auch Society be permitted on payment of the prescribed leo to be registered under this Ordinance.