22 Dec 2000
SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE v. TO KAN CHI AND OTHERS
- Citation
- SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE v. TO KAN CHI AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of Final Appeal
- Case number
- FACV8/2000
There is no recognized fifth type of temple ownership equating a temple to a juristic foundation or a religious tong without members; the temple Tsing Wan Kun is held under the traditional third type—ownership by an individual, clan, family or tong—specifically by the tong Tsing Wan Kun whose members are the To Ka Yi Tso and the To Clan; the Chinese Temples Ordinance applies but operates as a regulatory control over temple property and revenues while they are for the time being devoted to temple purposes and does not extinguish vested proprietary rights; limited stay and costs orders follow a…