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Societies

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Cessation of existence of a society

13. (1) If the Registrar has reason to believe that any registered or exempted society has ceased to exist, he may publish in the Gazette a notification calling upon such society to furnish him with proof of its existence within 3 months from the date of such notification.

(2) If at the expiration of such 3 months the Registrar is satisfied that the society has ceased to exist, a notification to that effect shall be published in the Gazette, and the society shall be deemed to have ceased to exist from the date of such publication.

Dissolution of a society

14. (1) If a registered society or an exempted society decides to dissolve itself, the society shall notify the Registrar of its decision by notification in writing signed by one or more of the principal office-bearers of the society.

(2) On receipt of any such notification, the Registrar shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, publish in the Gazette in English and in Chinese characters notice of such notification stating that if no objection is received by him within 14 days after the date of such publication, he will cancel the registration or exemption from registration of the society as the case may be.

(3) If no objection to such notice is received within such period, the Registrar shall cancel such registration or exemption as the case may be.

(4) If any objection to such notification is received by the Registrar, he may, after such inquiry as he shall consider necessary, either cancel such registration or exemption or refuse to cancel such registration or exemption.

(5) Notice in such form as may be prescribed of any such cancellation or refusal shall be published and served in accordance with the provisions of section 10(4).

Information to be furnished by societies

(Added, 28 of 1961, s. 4)

15. (1) The Registrar may, at any time, by notice in writing served on any exempted society or registered society require any such society to furnish him in writing with—

(a) a true and complete copy of the constitution or rules of any such society in force at the date of such notice;

(b) a true and complete list of office-bearers and members of any such society residing in Hong Kong or present therein at the date of such notice;

(ba) the address and other particulars specified in the notice of every place or premises owned, occupied, used or controlled by any such society, or of which any such society is the lessee, at such date as shall be specified in the notice; (Added, 36 of 1982, s. 8)

(c) a true and complete return of the number of meetings held by any such society in Hong Kong within the period of 6 months immediately preceding such notice, stating the place or premises at which such meetings were held;