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

42. Power of general committee to appoint committees
(1) The general committee may, from time to time, appoint such committees as it considers necessary for securing the efficient discharge of its functions, and may delegate to any such committee any of its powers and duties:
Provided that no delegation made hereunder shall preclude the general committee from exercising or performing at any time any of the powers and duties so delegated.
(2) Any person may be appointed a member of any such committee notwithstanding that he is not a member of the general committee.

42A. Power of general committee to appoint Honorary Presidents and Vice Presidents
(1) The Federation may have such number of Presidents and Vice Presidents as the general committee may determine.
(2) The general committee may appoint to be President or Vice President any person who is a member of the Federation and who, in its opinion, has rendered distinguished services to industry in Hong Kong or to the Federation.
(3) The term of office of a person appointed to be President or Vice President shall be for such period as the general committee in each case shall determine.
(4) The offices of President and Vice President shall be honorary.
(Added 81 of 1970 s. 7)

43. Members of general committee entitled to reimbursement of expenses, but not to other remuneration unless authorized
Save as otherwise determined by the Federation in general meeting, no member of the general committee shall be entitled to be paid any salary or other remuneration out of the funds of the Federation, but any such member shall be entitled to be reimbursed by the Federation in respect of any expense incurred by him in the performance of his functions as such member.

44. Attendance at meetings of general committee of members invited by chairman of scheduled group
(1) The chairman of any scheduled group may invite any member who has been allotted to such group to attend any meeting of the general committee at which any matter affecting a trade or industry in which such member is engaged or with which he or it is concerned is to be considered.
(2) Any such member who attends any such meeting of the general committee shall be entitled to be present in the meeting whilst the committee is considering such matter and to address the committee.

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

45. Allocation of full members to scheduled groups, etc.
(1) At the time any person is admitted as a full member of the Federation, the general committee shall allot such member to one of the scheduled groups.
(2) A full member may apply to the general committee to be allotted to any scheduled group in addition to the group to which he has been allotted by it under the provisions of subsection (1), and shall be allotted to such additional group or groups if the general committee thinks fit, in which group or groups such full member shall not be entitled to vote or be voted for the post of chairman or vice-chairman.
(3) The general committee may—
(a) vary the composition of any scheduled group; or
(b) add any group to, or delete any group from, the First Schedule. (Replaced 79 of 1994 s. 22)
(4) Notification of any variation of the composition of any scheduled group or of the addition of any group to, or the deletion of any group from, the First Schedule shall be published in the Gazette.
(5) Where the exercise of the general committee’s powers under subsection (3) would result in a change in the entitlement of any person to vote at a general meeting of the Federation as referred to in the Legislative Council Ordinance (Cap. 542), such change does not take effect until the Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs has given his written approval. (Replaced 48 of 1999 s. 49. Amended L.N. 130 of 2007)
(Amended 79 of 1994 s. 22)

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

47. Convening of meetings of scheduled group
(1) The chairman of any scheduled group may convene a meeting of the group whenever he considers it necessary.
(2) Upon the requisition in writing of not less than one-tenth of the members of any scheduled group, the secretary shall convene a meeting of the group.

48. Procedure at meetings of scheduled group
The provisions of sections 27 and 39 save and except subsections (1) and (5) of section 27 and subsection (2)(b) of section 39 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to meetings of any scheduled group as they apply to meetings of the general committee, and the quorum for any such meeting of a scheduled group shall not be less than one-fourth of its full members present in person or by proxy.
(Replaced 79 of 1994 s. 24)

49. Appointment of representatives by members which are corporations, firms, etc.
(1) Every member which is a corporation, firm, association or organization shall appoint one of its members or officers to be its representative for the purposes of the Federation.
(2) Any person who is so appointed as the representative of any member shall be entitled to attend any meeting of the Federation, and to be heard and to vote thereat to the same extent as the member which he represents.
(3) Every such member shall notify the secretary of the name of the person whom it has, for the time being, so appointed to be its representative.
(4) No person shall be the representative of more than one such member at any one time.

50. Inspection of accounts, etc.
(1) Any member of the general committee may inspect the accounts of the Federation and any records in relation thereto and any book or document of the Federation at any time.
(2) The general committee shall, from time to time, determine the extent, if any, to, and the time and place at and the conditions on, which any member, other than a member who is a member of the general committee, may inspect such accounts, records, books or documents.
(3) Save to the extent determined by the general committee under the provisions of subsection (2) or as authorized by the Federation in general meeting, no member, other than a member who is a member of the general committee, shall be entitled to inspect such accounts, records, books or documents.

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

51. Power of general committee to make rules
(1) The general committee may make rules providing for—
(a) the manner in which the chairmen of scheduled groups and members of the general committee shall be elected;
(b) such matters as it may consider necessary for the better conduct of the affairs of the Federation or the furtherance of any of its objects.
(2) No rules made under the provisions of subsection (1) shall be inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Ordinance.
(3) Rules made under this section may provide that the general committee may impose on any member who contravenes specified provisions thereof such penalty as may be prescribed by such rules:
Provided that no penalty so prescribed shall exceed $12,500. (Amended 79 of 1994 s. 25)

52. Notice to scheduled groups of annual general meeting
The secretary shall give to the chairman of each of the scheduled groups not less than one month’s notice in writing of the date of the annual general meeting of the Federation.

53. Service of notices, etc.
Wherever in this Ordinance provision is made for the service or sending of any notice, balance sheet or other document, it shall be sufficient service if a copy of such notice, balance sheet or document is—
(a) delivered to the person upon whom it is to be served or to whom it is to be sent;
(b) sent by registered post to the address of such person for the time being entered in the register; or
(c) published in 2 issues of 2 daily newspapers, one of which is published in the English language and one in the Chinese language.

54. Validity of proceedings
(1) The validity of any proceeding of the Federation shall not be affected by any defect in the admission of any person to membership thereof or by any defect in the appointment, election or co-option of any person as a member of the general committee or by any vacancy amongst the members of the committee.
(2) The validity of any proceeding of the general committee shall not be affected by any defect in the appointment, election or co-option of any person as a member thereof or by any vacancy amongst the members thereof.