1740
No. 7 of 1928.
CHINESE TEMPLES.
All Chinese temples to be registered.
(3) If the Chinese Temples Committee refuses to grant any exemption applied for under sub-section (2), 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 withdrawal 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 shall be established or maintained unless it is registered in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance.
(2) Registration shall be effected at the office of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs and the following particulars shall be supplied in order to effect registration-
(a) the name of the temple or intended temple;
(b) the address of the temple or intended temple, including the street or road and lot number;
(c) the gods worshipped or intended to be worshipped;
(d) the nature or intended nature of the control of the temple, that is to say, whether by a committee or by a family or by an individual, and the title of the committee or the name of the family or individual;
(e) the name and address of the sz chuk (temple keeper), if any;
(f) particulars of the funds, investments and properties held at the time of registration and where, how and by whom those funds, investments or properties are held;
(g) the application or intended application of the revenue of the temple, including the revenue from funds, investments or property held or to be held.
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1939, Supp. Sched.
1740
No. 7 of 1928.
CHINESE TEMPLES.
All Chinese temples to be registered.
(3) If the Chinese Temples Committee refuses to grant any exemption applied for under sub-section (2), 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 withdrawal 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 shall be established or main- tained unless it is registered in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance.
(2) Registration shall be effected at the office of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs and the following particulars shall be supplied in order to effect registration-
(a) the name of the temple or intended temple ;
(b) the address of the temple or intended temple, including the street or road and lot number;
(c) the gods worshipped or intended to be worshipped;
(d) the nature or intended nature of the control of the temple, that is to say, whether by a committee or by a family or by an individual, and the title of the committee or the name of the family or individual;
(e) the name and address of the sz chuk (, temple keeper), if any;
(f) particulars of the funds, investments and properties held at the time of registration and where, how and by whom those funds, investments or properties are held;
(g) the application or intended application of the revenue of the temple, including the revenue from funds, investments or property held or to be held.
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1939, Supp. Sched.
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