### Education Ordinance 《教育條例》

50. Permit to teach
(1) On receiving an application in accordance with section 49, the Permanent Secretary shall make such inquiry as he considers necessary and shall determine the application— (Amended 3 of 2003 s. 11)
(a) by issuing to the management authority of the school concerned a permit in the specified form; or (Amended 8 of 2001 s. 4; 27 of 2004 s. 70)
(b) by refusing under section 51 to issue such a permit.
(2) A permit to teach issued under subsection (1) shall specify the school in which the permitted teacher may be employed, and may impose such other conditions in respect of the employment of the permitted teacher in the school as the Permanent Secretary thinks fit.
(3) The Permanent Secretary shall, if he issues a permit to teach under subsection (1), also issue a copy of the permit to the permitted teacher.
(Amended 3 of 2003 s. 11)

51. Grounds for refusal to issue permit to teach
(1) The Permanent Secretary may refuse to issue a permit to teach under section 50(1) in respect of any person— (Amended 21 of 2000 s. 3; 3 of 2003 s. 11)
(a) if in the opinion of the Permanent Secretary a suitable registered teacher is available for employment as a teacher in the school concerned;
(b) on any ground specified in section 46(a), (b), (c), (d) or (f) which applies to the person in respect of whom the application is made;
(c) if the person in respect of whom the application is made does not possess the prescribed qualification; or
(d) if it appears to the Permanent Secretary that the applicant or the person in respect of whom the application is made has, in making or in connexion with any application— (Amended 3 of 2003 s. 11)
(i) (Repealed 42 of 1993 s. 18)(ii) for registration as a manager or a teacher; or
(iii) to employ a person as a permitted teacher in a school,
made any statement or furnished any information which is false in any material particular or by reason of the omission of any material particular.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Permanent Secretary shall refuse to issue a permit to teach for the employment of a person as a permitted teacher in an aided school if the person is prohibited from being so employed by virtue of section 58A. (Added 21 of 2000 s. 3)
(Amended 3 of 2003 s. 11)

### Education Ordinance 《教育條例》

52. Grounds for cancellation of permit to teach
(1) The Permanent Secretary may cancel a permit to teach— (Amended 3 of 2003 s. 11)
(a) on any ground specified in section 51(1)(b), (c) or (d) on which he would have been entitled to refuse to issue a permit to teach, whether or not such ground existed at the time when the permit was issued; or (Amended 21 of 2000 s. 4)
(b) on any ground specified in section 47(b), (c), (d) or (e) which applies to the permitted teacher.
(2) A permit to teach shall be deemed to be cancelled—
(a) if the permitted teacher ceases to be employed in the school specified in the permit; or
(b) if the registration or provisional registration of the school specified in the permit is cancelled.
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) or (2), the Permanent Secretary shall cancel the permit to teach of a permitted teacher who is employed to teach in an aided school if the teacher is prohibited from continuing to be so employed by virtue of section 58A. (Added 21 of 2000 s. 4. Amended 3 of 2003 s. 11)

53. Approval of first principal of school
(1) Within 1 month after the registration or provisional registration of a school, the management committee or incorporated management committee (as may be appropriate) shall recommend for the approval of the Permanent Secretary a teacher of the school to be the principal. (Amended 27 of 2004 s. 19)
(2) Subject to section 54, the Permanent Secretary shall approve as the principal of the school the teacher who is recommended under subsection (1).
(Amended 3 of 2003 s. 11)

### Education Ordinance 《教育條例》

54. Grounds for refusal to approve principal
(1) The Permanent Secretary may refuse to approve a teacher as the principal of a school if the Permanent Secretary is not satisfied that the teacher is a fit and proper person or, in the case of a school providing nursery or kindergarten education, appropriately qualified to be the principal of the school. (Amended 61 of 1982 s. 5; 38 of 1983 s. 3; 21 of 2000 s. 5)
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Permanent Secretary shall refuse to approve a teacher as the principal of an aided school if the teacher is prohibited from being employed as the principal of the school by virtue of section 58A. (Added 21 of 2000 s. 5)
(Amended 3 of 2003 s. 11)

55. Tenure of office of principal
The principal of a school shall hold office until—
(a) he ceases to be registered as a teacher, or to be permitted to teach as a permitted teacher in the school;
(b) he resigns;
(c) the Permanent Secretary withdraws his approval of the principal under section 56; or (Amended 3 of 2003 s. 11)
(d) the Permanent Secretary approves another teacher of the school as the principal under section 57(2). (Amended 3 of 2003 s. 11)