Hong Kong Regulations

NON-LOCAL HIGHER AND PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION (REGULATION) RULES - SECT 4

Refund of fees and charges collected

(1) Where any fees and charges, however described, have been collected in
respect of a registered course or an exempted course, there shall be refunded-

   (a)  in the case of a registered course, within 1 month of the registration
        of the course being cancelled under section 14 of the Ordinance, such
        of the fees and charges that have been collected in respect of any
        part of the course falling to be conducted on or after the date on
        which the cancellation comes into effect under section 16 of the
        Ordinance;

   (b)  in the case of an exempted course, within 1 month of the course being
        removed from the register of exempted courses within the meaning of
        section 7(1) of the Ordinance upon its ceasing to be an exempted
        course within the meaning of section 8 of the Ordinance, such of the
        fees and charges that have been collected in respect of any part of
        the course falling to be conducted on or after the date of the course
        ceasing to be such an exempted course;

   (c)  within 1 month of the premature cessation of any such course, such of
        the fees and charges that have been collected in respect of any part
        of the course falling to be conducted on or after the date of the
        cessation.

(2) Where any fees or charges collected in respect of any part of a registered
course or an exempted course are not refunded in accordance with subsection
(1), the operator of the course commits an offence and is liable on conviction
to a fine at level 4 and to imprisonment for 6 months.