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[接上页] (2) Any future donations to the fund accepted by the Trustee may, at the option of the donor or if he shall not have expressed any wish thereon, at the option of the committee be either- (a) applied to form part of the general capital whereupon the scholarship payable out of such donation shall be entered in Part II of the Register; or (Replaced 63 of 1973 s. 10) (b) retained in a separate account whereupon the scholarship payable out of such donation shall be entered in Part III of the Register. (Replaced 63 of 1973 s. 10)(3) Notice of any future donations accepted under this section shall be given by the Permanent Secretary by notice published in the Gazette. (Added 63 of 1973 s. 10. Amended 3 of 2003 s. 32) Cap 1085 s 15 Postponement of payment of scholarship (1) The committee may, in its absolute discretion, decide that in any year there is no person eligible to be a recipient of a scholarship and may direct that no payment is made in respect of that scholarship during that year. (2) If any scholarship is payable by instalments over a period of more than one year the committee may, in its absolute discretion, cancel the scholarship on the grounds that the person to whom the scholarship was awarded has not made sufficient progress to justify the continuance of payments. (3) Any moneys remaining unpaid by reason of the provisions of subsection (1) or (2) may be applied by the Trustee at the direction of the committee in the same or any subsequent year to augment future scholarships or to create an additional scholarship under the same conditions of award as attached to the original scholarship. Cap 1085 s 16 Saving Nothing in this Ordinance shall prevent a person receiving payment in respect of more than one scholarship. Cap 1085 s 17 Change of conditions of award of scholarship (1) If at any time it appears to the Permanent Secretary that it has become impracticable or impossible to apply- (Amended 3 of 2003 s. 32) (a) the income from any part of the general capital in payment of any of the scholarships referred to in Parts I and II of the Register; or (b) the income from the separate capital of a scholarship referred to in Part III of the Register in payment of such scholarship,the Permanent Secretary may bring such fact to the notice of the committee. (Amended 63 of 1973 s. 11; 3 of 2003 s. 32) (2) Upon consideration of this fact the committee may decide that it would be in the public interest to change the conditions of award of such scholarship. Cap 1085 s 18 Notice of change of conditions of award If in accordance with the provisions of section 17 the committee decides that it is in the public interest to change the conditions of award of a scholarship the secretary shall cause to be published once each and on the same day in one English language daily newspaper and one Chinese language daily newspaper each circulating in Hong Kong a notice stating- (Amended 55 of 2000 s. 3) (a) the conditions of award of the scholarship as set forth in Part I, II or III of the Register or in respect of moneys donated to the fund in accordance with section 4(1)(c) as stipulated by the donor; (Amended 63 of 1973 s. 12) (b) that the committee proposes to change the conditions of award of the scholarship; (c) the proposed new conditions of award; (d) that any person who objects to the proposal of the committee may submit representations in writing addressed to the secretary and delivered to him at the office of the Permanent Secretary within one month of the date of publication of the notice and in addition may appear before the committee in person at a date to be stipulated in the notice, such date to be not less than one month after the date of publication of the notice, to explain his objection. (Amended 3 of 2003 s. 32) Cap 1085 s 19 Determination of change of condition of award (1) The committee shall meet not less than one month and not more than two months after the date of publication of the notice referred to in section 18, and shall consider any objection to a proposal to change the conditions of award of a scholarship and at such meeting or at any adjournment thereof shall decide whether the conditions of award of such scholarship should be changed and in what manner. (2) If at such meeting the committee shall decide to change the conditions of award of a scholarship it shall make an order changing such conditions. (3) Such order shall be published in the Gazette under the hand of the Permanent Secretary. (Amended 3 of 2003 s. 32) (4) Upon publication of such order the Trustee shall thereupon hold the moneys vested in him in respect of such scholarship upon trust to apply the income therefrom in payment of such scholarship in accordance with such altered conditions of award. (Amended 63 of 1973 s. 13) Cap 1085 s 20 Restriction of change of conditions of award The power of alteration of the conditions of award contained in sections 17, 18 and 19 shall be exercised in accordance with the cy pres rule and shall include a power to combine any two or more scholarships and to divide any scholarship. |