Hong Kong Ordinances

INTERPRETATION AND GENERAL CLAUSES ORDINANCE - SECT 17

Construction of reference to Ordinance, section, etc.

(1) Any reference in any Ordinance to "any Ordinance" or to "any enactment"
shall be construed as a reference to any Ordinance for the time being in
force.

(2) Where in an Ordinance there is a reference to a section or other division
by number, letter or combination of number and letter, and not in conjunction
with the title or short title of any other Ordinance, the reference shall be
construed as a reference to the section or other division of that number,
letter or combination in the Ordinance in which the reference occurs.
(Replaced 89 of 1993 s. 7)

(3) Where in a section of an Ordinance there is a reference to a subsection or
other division by number, letter or combination of number and letter, and not
in conjunction with the number of a section of that or any other Ordinance,
the reference shall be construed as a reference to the subsection or other
division of that number, letter or combination in the section in which the
reference occurs. (Replaced 89 of 1993 s. 7)

(4)-(5) (Repealed 89 of 1993 s. 7)