Hong Kong Ordinances

INTERPRETATION AND GENERAL CLAUSES ORDINANCE - SECT 41

Power to issue licences, etc. discretionary

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(1) Where any Ordinance confers power upon any person to issue, grant, give or
renew any licence, Crown lease, authority, approval, exemption or permit, the
person so empowered shall have a discretion either to issue, grant, give or
renew or to refuse to issue, grant, give or renew such licence, Crown lease,
authority, approval, exemption or permit.

(2) Nothing in this section shall affect any right which may be conferred by
any Ordinance upon any person to appeal against a refusal to issue, grant,
give or renew any licence, Crown lease, authority, approval, exemption or
permit. (Amended 89 of 1993 s. 20)