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[接上页] (2) The auditors shall, as soon as is practicable, audit the statements prepared under section 14(2) and shall report thereon to the Council in sufficient time for the Council to take the action required by section 16. (Enacted 1989) Cap 1145 s 16 Statements and reports (1) The Council shall, not later than 6 months after the end of each financial year or by such later date as the Chancellor may determine, submit to the Chancellor a report on the activities of the University and copies of the statements prepared under section 14(2) and of the report made under section 15(2). (Amended 50 of 1997 s. 23) (2) (Repealed 50 of 1997 s. 23) (Enacted 1989) Cap 1145 s 17 Unauthorized use of title of the University PART VII GENERAL (1) No person shall incorporate or form, or be a director, officer, member or organizer of, or work in connection with, any body of persons which- (a) falsely purports or holds itself out to be- (i) the University or any branch or part thereof; or (ii) in any way connected or associated with the University; or(b) uses the title "The Open University of Hong Kong" or a title in any language which so closely resembles that title as to be capable of deceiving or misleading any person into believing that the body of persons is- (i) the University or any branch or part thereof; or (ii) in any way connected or associated with the University. (Amended 50 of 1997 s. 24)(2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of $50000. (Enacted 1989) Cap 1145 s 18 Power of the Council to make statutes The Council may make statutes for the administration of the University and for matters that this Ordinance provides for inclusion in a statute. (Replaced 50 of 1997 s. 25) Cap 1145 s 19 Admissibility of documents (1) Any document purporting to be duly executed under the seal of the University or to be signed by the Chairman or President or some other person authorized by the Council to act in that behalf, shall be admitted in evidence and shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to have been duly executed or signed. (2) A certificate signed by the Chairman or the President that an instrument of the Council purporting to be made or issued by or on behalf of the University was so made or issued shall be conclusive evidence of that fact. (Enacted 1989. Amended 50 of 1997 s. 26) Cap 1145 SCHEDULE [section 10] PROVISIONS WITH RESPECT TO MEETINGS AND PROCEDURES OF THE COUNCIL 1. Meetings of the Council shall be held at such times and places as may be appointed by the person for the time being acting as Chairman, who shall preside at all such meetings. 2. The Deputy Chairman shall act as Chairman if the Chairman is absent from Hong Kong or is, for any other reason, unable to act as Chairman, or if the office is vacant. 3. If for any period both the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman are absent from Hong Kong or are, for any other reason, unable to act as Chairman, or if the offices of Chairman and Deputy Chairman are vacant, the members of the Council may appoint one of their number appointed under section 8(1)(f)(i) or (iii) to act as Chairman for that period. (Amended 50 of 1997 s. 27) 4. At any meeting of the Council one-half of the members for the time being shall constitute a quorum. 5. A meeting of the Council may be adjourned by the person presiding or, if the meeting so resolves, by a decision of the meeting. 6. At meetings of the Council on any matter on which a decision is taken by vote- (a) an affirmative vote of a majority of those members present and not disqualified from voting on the matter shall be required for the passing of a resolution; (b) the person presiding shall have a casting as well as a deliberative vote. 7. If the Council so decides in respect of a particular meeting, any member of the Council who is an employee, adviser, consultant or student of the University may be excluded from the whole or part of that meeting. The President of the Students' Union is construed as a student for the purposes of this paragraph. (Amended 50 of 1997 s. 27) 8. If a member present at a meeting of the Council has any pecuniary or other personal interest in any matter to be considered at that meeting he shall- (a) as soon as possible after the commencement of the meeting disclose the existence and nature of the interest; (b) if so required by the person presiding, withdraw from the meeting while the matter is being considered; and (c) not vote on that matter. 9. The Council may transact any of its business by circulation of papers, and for that purpose a resolution in writing which is approved in writing by a majority of the members for the time being shall be as valid and effectual as if it had been passed at a meeting of the Council. 10. The powers of the Council shall not be affected by- (a) any vacancy in its membership; (b) any defect in the appointment or qualification of a person purporting to be a member; or (c) any minor irregularity in the convening of any meeting of the Council. 11. The exercise of any power by the Council may be signified by the person presiding at the meeting or other deliberation at which such power was exercised, or by any person from time to time authorized by the Council to signify the exercise of such power 12. (Repealed 50 of 1997 s. 27) (Enacted 1989) |