Hong Kong Ordinances

CHINESE TEMPLES ORDINANCE - SECT 5

All Chinese temples to be registered

(1) No Chinese temple shall be established or maintained unless it is
registered in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance. (Amended 33 of
1939 Supp. Schedule; G.N. 840 of 1940)

(2) Registration shall be effected at the office of the Secretary for Home
Affairs and the following particulars shall be supplied in order to effect
registration- (Amended L.N. 262 of 1989)

   (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 (司祝, 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. (Amended 33 of 1939 Supp. Schedule; G.N. 840 of 1940; L.N. 22
        of 1969; L.N. 67 of 1985)