### Credit Unions Ordinance 《儲蓄互助社條例》

79. Restriction on use of expression “credit union” or in Chinese “儲蓄互助社”
Any person, other than a credit union or the League, who trades or carries on any business under any name or title of which the expression “credit union”, or the Chinese expression “儲蓄互助社”, is part shall be guilty of an offence:
Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to the use by any person or his successors in interest of any name or title under which he traded or carried on business at the commencement* of this Ordinance. Editorial Note:
* Commencement date: 28 February 1970.

79A. Failure to comply with Registrar’s order
Any person who wilfully or without any reasonable excuse fails to comply with an order made under section 60 or 61D shall be guilty of an offence.
(Added 35 of 1995 s. 14)

80. Penalty
Any person guilty of an offence against this Ordinance for which no penalty is provided shall be liable on conviction to a fine at level 1 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to an additional daily penalty of $50.
(Amended E.R. 7 of 2020)

81. Criminal liability of officers of credit union
Every offence committed by a credit union shall be deemed to have been also committed by each officer of the credit union who is bound by this Ordinance or the by-laws of the credit union to fulfil the duties whereof such an offence is a breach or, if there is no such officer, then by each of the directors and members of the supervisory committee and credit committee, unless such officer, director or member is proved to have been ignorant of, or to have attempted to prevent, the commission of such offence.

82. Appointment of Registrar
(1) The Chief Executive may appoint a public officer to be the Registrar of Credit Unions and may appoint other public officers to assist the Registrar. (Amended 61 of 2000 s. 3)
(2) The Registrar may delegate to any public officer appointed to assist him under subsection (1) all or any of the powers and duties conferred or imposed on him by this Ordinance.

83. Register of Credit Unions to be kept
(1) The Registrar shall keep at his office a register, to be known as the Register of Credit Unions, in which shall be entered particulars of the registration of every credit union.
(2) The Registrar shall keep such other records relating to credit unions as may be prescribed.

84. Forms of records, etc.
A credit union shall keep accounts, balance sheets, forms, records and books in such form as may be approved by the Registrar.

### Credit Unions Ordinance 《儲蓄互助社條例》

85. Regulations
The Chief Executive in Council may make regulations for all or any of the following matters— (Amended 61 of 2000 s. 3)
(a) the adoption by all or some credit unions or the League of such by-laws as may be prescribed hereunder;
(b) the procedure to be followed under this Ordinance;
(c) the examination of the accounts of credit unions by the Registrar or under his direction;
(d) the qualifications required of any person carrying out an audit under section 54(2); (Amended E.R. 7 of 2020)
(e) the fees payable on the registration of a credit union under this Ordinance;
(f) the scale of fees payable to the Registrar for services rendered under this Ordinance;
(g) the form of a memorandum of association required under section 4(2) and of a certificate of registration issued under section 5(3) (Amended E.R. 7 of 2020);
(h) the records relating to credit unions which are to be kept by the Registrar;
(i) prescribing anything which is to be or may be prescribed under this Ordinance;
(j) any other matter necessary or expedient to carry out effectively the intent and purpose of this Ordinance.

### Credit Unions (Forms) Regulations 《儲蓄互助社(表格)規例》

1. Citation
These regulations may be cited as the Credit Unions (Forms) Regulations.

2. Memorandum of association
The memorandum of association required under subsection (2) of section 4 of the Ordinance shall be in Form 1 in the Schedule.

3. Certificate of registration
The certificate of registration issued under subsection (3) of section 5 of the Ordinance shall be in Form 2 in the Schedule.

### Crown Lease (Pok Fu Lam) Ordinance 《官契(薄扶林)條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Crown Lease (Pok Fu Lam) Ordinance.

2. Interpretation
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—
demised (批租) means demised under the Lease;
Director (署長) means the Director of Lands or his duly authorized representative; (Amended L.N. 76 of 1982; L.N. 94 of 1986; L.N. 291 of 1993)
Lease (官契) means the Indenture of Lease dated 1 January 1893, and made between the Crown of the one part and the several persons whose names are set out in the schedule to the Lease of the other part, whereby certain parcels of ground situated at Pok Fu Lam in the Island of Hong Kong were demised;
original plan (原有圖則) means the plan of Pok Fu Lam mentioned in the Lease as being deposited in the Land Registry; (Amended 8 of 1993 s. 2)
parcel (幅) means any of the parcels of ground demised and set out and described in the schedule to the Lease;
plot (塊) means any of those plots of ground that in association with the demise of certain of the parcels appear to have been set aside as land for use in cultivation to be held at annual rents additional to the rents required to be paid in respect of such parcels;
published (刊登) means published in the Gazette and in one daily newspaper printed in the English language for circulation in Hong Kong and in one such newspaper printed in the Chinese language. (Amended 3 of 2000 s. 3)

3. Governor may direct the preparation of a plan
As soon as may be after the commencement* of this Ordinance the Governor may direct the Director to prepare a plan with the object of replacing for all purposes the original plan.

Editorial Note:
* Commencement date: 28 October 1966.

4. Preparation of plan
On receipt of the direction under section 3, the Director shall prepare the plan and may cause such data and information to be obtained as he thinks fit for the purpose of assisting in the preparation of the plan.

5. Contents of plan
The plan shall delineate and describe the parcels and plots in so far as is possible from existing records and the data and information obtained and shall—
(a) indicate the position of each parcel and that of any plot set aside in association with the demise thereof;
(b) give as far as practicable the current postal address of each parcel and any such plot;
(c) give any other available information relevant to the establishment of the position of the parcels and plots.