Hong Kong Ordinances

INTERPRETATION AND GENERAL CLAUSES ORDINANCE - SECT 31

Construction of subsidiary legislation

(1) Where any Ordinance confers power to make any subsidiary  legislation,
expressions used in the subsidiary legislation shall have the same meaning as
in the Ordinance conferring the power, and any reference
in such subsidiary legislation to "the Ordinance" shall be construed as a
reference to the Ordinance conferring the power to make such subsidiary 
legislation. (Amended 89 of 1993 s. 14)

(2) Where in subsidiary legislation there is a reference to a section or other
provision by number, letter or combination of number and letter, and not in
conjunction with the title or short title of other subsidiary legislation or
an Ordinance, the reference shall be construed as a reference to the section
or other provision of that number, letter or combination in the
subsidiary legislation in which the reference occurs. (Added 89 of 1993 s. 14)

(3) Where in subsidiary legislation there is a reference to a subsection or
other subdivision of a provision by number, letter or combination of number
and letter, and not in conjunction with the number of any other section or
provision of that subsidiary legislation or any other subsidiary legislation,
the reference shall be construed as a reference to the subsection or other
subdivision of a provision of that number, letter or combination in the
section or other provision in which the reference occurs. (Added 89 of 1993 s.
14)