### Hong Kong Society for the Blind Incorporation Ordinance 《香港盲人輔導會法團條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Hong Kong Society for the Blind Incorporation Ordinance.

2. Interpretation
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—
constitution (章程) means the constitution of The Hong Kong Society for the Blind approved from time to time by its members for the time being;
council (委員會) means the council of The Hong Kong Society for the Blind.

3. Incorporation
The members of the Hong Kong Society for the Blind shall be a body corporate, hereinafter called the corporation

4. Powers of corporation
The corporation shall have full power—
(a) to establish, operate, manage or maintain such homes, clinics and other institutions for the blind or for the curing and prevention of blindness as it may think fit;
(b) to acquire, accept leases of, purchase, take or otherwise hold and enjoy any lands, buildings, messuages or tenements of what nature or kind soever and wheresoever situate;
(c) to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, goods and chattels of what nature or kind soever;
(d) to invest moneys on deposit in any bank in Hong Kong or in any government bonds or on mortgage of any land, buildings, messuages or tenements in Hong Kong, or in or on debentures, debenture-stocks, stocks, funds, shares or securities of any corporation or company carrying on business in Hong Kong; (Amended 41 of 1999 s. 3)
(e) to grant, sell, convey, assign, surrender, yield up, mortgage, demise, let, reassign, transfer or otherwise dispose of, any land, or buildings, messuages, tenements, mortgages, debentures, debenture-stocks, funds, securities, vessels, goods and chattels for the time being vested in the corporation, upon such terms as the corporation may deem fit;
(f) to erect any buildings, messuages or tenements and effect any improvement thereto;
(g) to borrow money upon such terms as the corporation shall think fit, and to raise money by public or private subscription; and
(h) generally to do such other things as may appear to be incidental or conducive to the aims and objects of the corporation as provided by its constitution, or the purposes aforesaid or any of them.

5. Members
The corporation shall consist of such members as shall be provided by its constitution.

6. Existing constitution to become constitution of corporation
The existing constitution of the unincorporated Hong Kong Society for the Blind shall be the constitution of the corporation, but the same may be changed or amended at any time and from time to time in accordance with its provisions for the time being in force.

### Hong Kong Society for the Blind Incorporation Ordinance 《香港盲人輔導會法團條例》

7. Registration with Registrar of Companies
(1) The corporation shall forward to the Registrar of Companies for registration the following—
(a) notice of the address of the registered office of the corporation and any change thereto;
(b) a copy of the constitution and any amendment thereto, certified as correct by the chairman of the council;
(c) a list of the names and addresses of the members of the council, and any change therein, certified as correct by the chairman of the council; and
(d) the name and address of any person appointed under section 8 to sign deeds, documents and other instruments.
(2) Notification in accordance with subsection (1) shall be made within twenty-eight days of any amendment or change, as the case may be.
(3) Any person may inspect any of the documents registered under this section.
(4) A fee of five dollars shall be payable for registering any document under this section.
(5) A fee of one dollar shall be payable for inspecting the documents filed with the Registrar of Companies under this Ordinance.

8. Sealing of deeds
All deeds, documents and other instruments requiring the seal of the corporation shall be signed by the chairman and the secretary of the council or by such other person or persons as the corporation shall from time to time appoint and such signing shall be taken as sufficient evidence of the due sealing of such deeds, documents and other instruments.

9. Saving
Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect or be deemed to affect the rights of the Central Authorities or the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region under the Basic Law and other laws, or the rights of any body politic or corporate or of any other persons except such as are mentioned in this Ordinance and those claiming by, from or under them.
(Amended 41 of 1999 s. 3)

### Education Scholarships Fund Ordinance 《教育獎學基金條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Education Scholarships Fund Ordinance.

2. Interpretation
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—
committee (委員會) means the Education Scholarships Fund Committee established by section 5;
fund (基金) means the Education Scholarships Fund established by section 3;
general capital (一般資本) means the moneys and assets mentioned in section 3(2)(a) and any moneys or assets forming part thereof under section 14(2)(a); (Added 63 of 1973 s. 2)
General Reserve Fund (一般儲備金) means the reserve fund in respect of the scholarships referred to in Parts I and II of the Register; (Added 63 of 1973 s. 2)
original value (原有價值) means the value of a scholarship on the first day it is administered by the Trustee; (Added 63 of 1973 s. 2)
Permanent Secretary (常任秘書長) means the Permanent Secretary for Education; (Added 3 of 2003 s. 30. Amended L.N. 130 of 2007)
Register (登記冊) means the register of scholarships referred to in section 8; (Added 63 of 1973 s. 2. Amended L.N. 446 of 1994)
separate capital (獨立資本) means the moneys and assets of a scholarship referred to in Part III of the Register; (Added 63 of 1973 s. 2)
Separate Reserve Fund (獨立儲備金) means the reserve fund formed in respect of a scholarship referred to in Part III of the Register; (Added 63 of 1973 s. 2)
Trustee (受託人) means the Permanent Secretary as trustee of the fund; (Amended 3 of 2003 s. 30)
*vesting day (歸屬日期) means the 1st day of April, 1956.
(Amended 3 of 2003 s. 30) Editorial Note:
* See G.N. 157 of 1956.

### Education Scholarships Fund Ordinance 《教育獎學基金條例》

3. Establishment and vesting of fund
(1) There is hereby established a trust fund to be known as the Education Scholarships Fund which is vested in the Permanent Secretary as Trustee. 
(2) The fund consists of—
(a) the moneys and assets, including any sum accumulated by way of interest therefrom at the vesting day, the income from which is available for payment of the scholarships referred to in Parts I and II of the Register; (Replaced 63 of 1973 s. 3)
(b) the moneys and assets of the scholarships referred to in Part III of the Register; (Replaced 63 of 1973 s. 3)
(c) any further donations at any time made to the fund and accepted by the committee;
(d) any sums paid in accordance with section 8(2).
(3) For the purposes of this Ordinance, the person for the time being performing the duties of the office of the Permanent Secretary shall be a corporation sole and shall have the name of the “Permanent Secretary for Education” and shall have perpetual succession and all moneys and assets vested in the Trustee under this Ordinance shall be deemed to be vested in the Permanent Secretary for Education without any further transfer or conveyance. (Amended L.N. 130 of 2007)
(Amended 3 of 2003 s. 31)