### Federation of Hong Kong Industries Ordinance 《香港工業總會條例》

8. Certain contracts and instruments not required to be under seal
Any contract or instrument which, if entered into or executed by a person not being a body corporate, would not be required to be under seal may be entered into or executed on behalf of the Federation by any person generally or specially authorized by the general committee for that purpose.

9. Management of business of Federation vested in general committee
Subject to any provisions of this Ordinance which require any matter to be decided by the Federation in general meeting, the business of the Federation shall be managed entirely by the general committee, which may for that purpose exercise all the powers of the Federation.

10. Qualification for full membership
A person carrying on business in Hong Kong—
(a) whose business is registered under section 6 of the Business Registration Ordinance (Cap. 310); and
(b) the nature of whose business comes within the description of a group specified in the First Schedule,
may apply for admission to the Federation as a full member of it.
(Replaced 79 of 1994 s. 6)

10A. Qualification for subscriber membership
A person who qualifies for full membership may, instead of applying for full membership, apply for admission to the Federation as a subscriber member for the purpose of subscribing to a service the general committee may offer to subscriber members.
(Added 79 of 1994 s. 6)

11. Application for full or subscriber membership and admission of affiliated and honorary members
(1) Every application for admission as a full member or a subscriber member of the Federation shall be made to the general committee. (Amended 79 of 1994 s. 7)
(2) The general committee shall consider all such applications and shall admit to full membership or subscriber membership, as the case may be, such of those persons who are eligible for such membership as it thinks fit. (Amended 79 of 1994 s. 7)
(3) The general committee may admit as an affiliated member of the Federation any association or organization having interests or objects which are the same as, or similar to, the objects of the Federation or which has interests or objects which are related to the objects of the Federation.
(4) The general committee may admit such persons as it thinks fit to be honorary members of the Federation.
(5) A member which is a firm shall not cease to be a member solely by reason of its incorporation.

12. Fees for membership, etc.
The general committee may establish the fees payable, and the time of payment, for membership and for services provided to members, and it may establish different fees for different classes of membership and for allocation of a member to more than one scheduled group.
(Replaced 79 of 1994 s. 8)

### Federation of Hong Kong Industries Ordinance 《香港工業總會條例》

13. Register of members
(1) The general committee shall cause to be kept a register of members, which shall contain the following particulars—
(a) the name and address of each member;
(b) the date on which he was admitted to membership;
(c) the scheduled group or groups to which he has been allotted;
(d) where such member is a corporation, firm, association or other organization, the name of the person appointed in accordance with the provisions of section 49 to be its representative.
(2) The name of any person who ceases for any reason to be a member shall be removed from the register.

14. Notification of admission to members and issue of certificate and badge of membership
(1) Every member shall be notified forthwith of his admission to membership of the Federation and supplied with a copy of this Ordinance and of any rules which may have been made by the general committee under the provisions of section 51.
(2) Upon payment of the appropriate fee, every such member shall be issued with a certificate of membership and a badge of membership. (Amended 79 of 1994 s. 9)
(3) If any person ceases for any reason to be a member, he shall forthwith return to the Federation the certificate of membership and the badge of membership issued to him in accordance with the provisions of subsection (2).

15. Rights of honorary, subscriber and affiliated members
(1) Subscriber members and honorary members shall be entitled to attend all general meetings of the Federation, but shall not be entitled to vote at any such meeting. (Amended 79 of 1994 s. 10)
(2) Affiliated members shall be entitled to attend, and to vote at, all general meetings of the Federation.

16. Resignation of members
Any member may at any time resign from the Federation by giving to the secretary not less than one month’s notice in writing.

17. Cesser of membership
Any member who—
(a) is adjudicated bankrupt or makes a composition or scheme of arrangement with his creditors; or
(b) becomes of unsound mind,
shall thereupon cease to be a member.

### Federation of Hong Kong Industries Ordinance 《香港工業總會條例》

18. Expulsion or suspension of members
(1) If it is satisfied that any member—
(a) has failed, without reasonable cause or excuse, to pay any annual fee in accordance with the provisions of section 12; (Amended 79 of 1994 s. 11)
(b) (Repealed 79 of 1994 s. 11)(c) has persistently neglected or refused to pay any other moneys which he or it is liable to pay to the Federation; or
(d) is unfit to be a member,
the general committee may at a meeting specially called for the purpose expel such member from the Federation or suspend him from membership thereof for such period, not exceeding 6 months, as it thinks fit.
(2) Not less than 10 days before the meeting of the general committee at which such resolution is to be considered, the secretary shall give to the member in question notice in writing of any resolution to expel him from the Federation or to suspend him from membership thereof.
(3) No member shall be expelled or suspended unless he, or, where the member is a corporation, firm, association or organization, some person on its behalf, has had an opportunity of making such representations, either in writing or verbally, to the general committee as the member may wish.
(4) The expulsion or suspension of any member shall take effect from the passing of the resolution of the general committee to that effect.
(5) A member whose membership is suspended shall not, so long as such suspension is in force, be entitled to any of the rights or privileges of a member, but shall remain liable to pay the annual fee or fees as if his or its membership were not suspended.
(6) No member of the general committee shall be present in any meeting thereof at any time when it is considering whether or not he, or any corporation of which he is a director or manager or any firm of which he is a partner or any association or organization of which he is a member, shall be expelled or suspended, otherwise than for the purpose of making representations on his or its behalf pursuant to the provisions of subsection (3).

19. Reinstatement of members in certain cases
Any person who has been expelled from membership of the Federation under the provisions of section 18(1)(a) or (c) may be re-admitted to membership of the Federation by the general committee at any time upon payment of the fee or other moneys in respect of the failure to pay which he or it was so expelled from membership thereof.
(Amended 79 of 1994 s. 12)