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Societies

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(2) The Registrar may register the society or if he is satisfied that the society is established solely for religious, charitable, social or recreational purposes or as a rural committee or as a federation or other association of rural committees, he may in his absolute discretion exempt the society from registration.

(Replaced, 28 of 1961, s. 3)

Refusal of registration, etc.

6. (1) The Registrar may refuse to register or to exempt from registra- tion a society if-

(a) the society is a branch of or is affiliated to or is connected with any society whose registration has been cancelled or whose exemption from registration has been rescinded; or

(b) the society is unlawful by virtue of any other enactment; or

(c)

any group of members of the society or any office-bearers of the society have in any way been connected with or participated in or instigated or supported the commission of an offence under this Ordinance, or any office-bearer of the society has been convicted of an offence under any other Ordinance which, in the opinion of the Registrar, renders him unfit to hold office in the society. (Amended, 36 of 1982, s. 3)

(2) The Registrar, after consultation with the Chief Secretary, may refuse to register or to exempt from registration a society if he is satisfied that-

(a) the society is a branch of or is affiliated to or is connected with any organization or group of a political nature established outside Hong Kong; or

(b) the society has exercised or is exercising or intends to exercise or has attempted to exercise influence over the conduct or management of any school as defined by section 3 of the Education Ordinance (Cap. 279), or over any teacher or pupil in any such school and that such influence is

(i) of a political nature; or

(ii) prejudicial to the conduct or management of such school or to the welfare and good order of any such teacher or pupil; or

(c) the society is likely to be used for any purpose prejudicial to or

incompatible with peace, welfare or good order in Hong Kong.

(Added, 28 of 1961, s. 3. Amended, 30 of 1988, s. 4)

Name of society

7. (1) The Registrar shall refuse to register or to exempt from registra- tion any society, and shall refuse to permit a society to change the name of the society if the name, or the new name, as the case may be, of the society--

(a) contains the words "rural committee” or any other words which in the opinion of the Registrar, suggest or are calculated to suggest that the society is a rural committee or a federation or other association of