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(3) The Registrar and every assistant registrar may administer oaths to and examine on oath any person summoned before him under this section.
(4) If any person summoned by the Registrar or an assistant registrar under this section shall without lawful excuse fail to comply with any obligation imposed upon him by subsection (2) or shall give information which the Registrar or assistant registrar believes to be false, the Registrar or assistant registrar may, if he considers it advisable to provide for the future identification of such person, order that a photograph and impressions of finger-prints of such person be taken at such time and in such place and manner as the Registrar or assistant registrar may think fit.
(5) Any person who refuses to comply with such order or who obstructs compliance with such order may be arrested and detained in custody and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $5,000 and to imprisonment for 3 months. (Amended, 36 of 1982, s. 12)
(6) No statement made by a person summoned before the Registrar or an assistant registrar under the provisions of this section shall subject him to any arrest or criminal prosecution, or be proved against him in any criminal proceeding, except a prosecution for failing to answer truthfully under this section.
Consent to prosecution
35. Except in the case of persons charged under the provisions of sections 19, 20, 24 and 25 and of persons arrested under the provisions of sections 33 and 34(5), no person shall be charged with an offence under this Ordinance or any rule made thereunder unless the prior consent in writing of the Attorney General has been obtained.
(Amended, 28 of 1961, s. 15)
Forfeiture
36. Any books, accounts, writings, banners, insignia or other property belonging to any unlawful society shall upon order of a magistrate be forfeited and given to the Registrar or to an assistant registrar for disposal in such manner as he may see fit.
Service of notices
36A. Any notice to be served on a society under this Ordinance may be sent to the society by registered post addressed to the last known postal address of the society.
(Added, 36 of 1982, s. 13)
Service of summons
37. Any summons under section 34 shall be deemed to have been validly and effectually served, if served in the manner prescribed by the Magistrates Ordinance (Cap. 227), for the service of summonses under that Ordinance.
(Amended, 36 of 1982, s. 15)
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(3) The Registrar and every assistant registrar may administer oaths to and examine on oath any person summoned before him under this section.
(4) If any person summoned by the Registrar or an assistant registrar under this section shall without lawful excuse fail to comply with any obligation imposed upon him by subsection (2) or shall give information which the Registrar or assistant registrar believes to be false, the Registrar or assistant registrar may, if he considers it advisable to provide for the future identification of such person, order that a photograph and impressions of finger-prints of such person be taken at such time and in such place and manner as the Registrar or assistant registrar may think fit.
(5) Any person who refuses to comply with such order or who obstructs compliance with such order may be arrested and detained in custody and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $5,000 and to imprisonment for 3 months. (Amended, 36 of 1982, s. 12)
(6) No statement made by a person summoned before the Registrar or an assistant registrar under the provisions of this section shall subject him to any arrest or criminal prosecution, or be proved against him in any criminal proceeding, except a prosecution for failing to answer truthfully under this section.
Consent to prosecution
35. Except in the case of persons charged under the provisions of sections 19, 20, 24 and 25 and of persons arrested under the provisions of sections 33 and 34(5), no person shall be charged with an offence under this Ordinance or any rule made thereunder unless the prior consent in writing of the Attorney General has been obtained.
(Amended, 28 of 1961, s. 15)
Forfeiture
36. Any books, accounts, writings, banners, insignia or other property belonging to any unlawful society shall upon order of a magistrate be forfeited and given to the Registrar or to an assistant registrar for disposal in such manner as he may see fit.
Service of notices
36A. Any notice to be served on a society under this Ordinance may be sent to the society by registered post addressed to the last known postal address of the society.
(Added, 36 of 1982, s. 13)
Service of summons
37. Any summons under section 34 shall be deemed to have been validly and effectually served, if served in the manner prescribed by the Magistrates Ordinance (Cap. 227), for the service of summonses under that Ordinance.
(Amended, 36 of 1982, s. 15)
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