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CAP. 153]
Chinese Temples
[1989 Ed.
Chinese Temples Committee, to make an order vesting the said property in the Secretary for Home Affairs Incorporated. Any such vesting order shall have the same effect as a vesting order made under section 45 of the Trustee Ordinance (Cap. 29). (Amended 33 of 1939 Supp. Schedule; G.N. 840 of 1940; L.N. 15 of 1970; L.N. 68 of 1985; L.N. 263 of 1989)
(10) If the property in question consists of stock as defined in the Trustee Ordinance (Cap. 29), or is a chose in action, and the person by whom or in whose name it is held or in whom the right to sue and recover it is vested fails without lawful excuse to comply with the direction of the Chinese Temples Committee to transfer the property to the Secretary for Home Affairs Incorporated, or cannot be served, it shall be lawful for the High Court, upon the hearing of an originating summons taken out by the Chairman of the Chinese Temples Committee, to make an order vesting in the Secretary for Home Affairs Incorporated the right to transfer or call for a transfer of the stock or to receive the dividends or income thereof or to sue for or receive the chose in action, as the case may be. Any such vesting order shall have the same effect as a vesting order made under section 52 of the Trustee Ordinance (Cap. 29). (Amended 33 of 1939 Supp. Schedule; G.N. 840 of 1940; L.N. 15 of 1970; L.N. 68 of 1985; L.N. 263 of 1989)
(11) If the property in question is of any other nature than is referred to in subsections (9) and (10), and the person in whose possession or under whose control the property is fails without lawful excuse to comply with the direction of the Chinese Temples Committee to transfer the property to the Secretary for Home Affairs Incorporated, or cannot be served, it shall be lawful for a magistrate to make an order authorizing any police officer to take possession of the property, using such force as may be necessary for the purpose, and to transfer it to the Secretary for Home Affairs Incorporated. (Amended 33 of 1939 Supp. Schedule; G.N. 840 of 1940; L.N. 15 of 1970; L.N. 68 of 1985; L.N. 263 of 1989)
(12) A certificate under the hand of the Chief Secretary shall be conclusive evidence for all purposes as to whether any particular individual is, or was on any specified date, a member of the Chinese Temples Committee.
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Application of revenues of Chinese temples
(1) The revenues of all Chinese temples shall be applied in the first instance to the due observance of the customary ceremonies and the maintenance of the temple buildings and temple properties, and any surplus may be transferred to the General Chinese Charities Fund referred to in section 9.
(2) It shall be in the discretion of the Chinese Temples Committee to decide what are the customary ceremonies of any particular Chinese temple and what amount may be spent on any particular authorized object and what surplus may be transferred to the General Chinese Charities Fund.
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CAP. 153]
Chinese Temples
[1989 Ed.
Chinese Temples Committee, to make an order vesting the said property in the Secretary for Home Affairs Incorporated. Any such vesting order shall have the same effect as a vesting order made under section 45 of the Trustee Ordinance (Cap. 29). (Amended 33 of 1939 Supp. Schedule; G.N. 840 of 1940; L.N. 15 of 1970; L.N. 68 of 1985; L.N. 263 of 1989)
(10) If the property in question consists of stock as defined in the Trustee Ordinance (Cap. 29), or is a chose in action, and the person by whom or in whose name it is held or in whom the right to sue and recover it is vested fails without lawful excuse to comply with the direction of the Chinese Temples Committee to transfer the property to the Secretary for Home Affairs Incorporated, or cannot be served, it shall be lawful for the High Court, upon the hearing of an originating summons taken out by the Chairman of the Chinese Temples Committee, to make an order vesting in the Secretary for Home Affairs Incorporated the right to transfer or call for a transfer of the stock or to receive the dividends or income thereof or to sue for or receive the chose in action, as the case may be. Any such vesting order shall have the same effect as a vesting order made under section 52 of the Trustee Ordinance (Cap. 29). (Amended 33 of 1939 Supp. Schedule; G.N. 840 of 1940; L.N. 15 of 1970; L.N. 68 of 1985; L.N. 263 of 1989)
(11) If the property in question is of any other nature than is referred to in subsections (9) and (10), and the person in whose possession or under whose control the property is fails without lawful excuse to comply with the direction of the Chinese Temples Committee to transfer the property to the Secretary for Home Affairs Incorporated, or cannot be served, it shall be lawful for a magistrate to make an order authorizing any police officer to take possession of the property, using such force as may be necessary for the purpose, and to transfer it to the Secretary for Home Affairs Incorporated. (Amended 33 of 1939 Supp. Schedule; G.N. 840 of 1940; L.N. 15 of 1970; L.N. 68 of 1985; L.N. 263 of 1989)
(12) A certificate under the hand of the Chief Secretary shall be conclusive evidence for all purposes as to whether any particular individual is, or was on any specified date, a member of the Chinese Temples Committee.
8.
Application of revenues of Chinese temples
(1) The revenues of all Chinese temples shall be applied in the first instance to the due observance of the customary ceremonies and the main- tenance of the temple buildings and temple properties, and any surplus may be transferred to the General Chinese Charities Fund referred to in section 9.
(2) It shall be in the discretion of the Chinese Temples Committee to decide what are the customary ceremonies of any particular Chinese temple and what amount may be spent on any particular authorized object and what surplus may be transferred to the General Chinese Charities Fund.
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