Hong Kong Ordinances

INTERPRETATION AND GENERAL CLAUSES ORDINANCE - SECT 71

Computation of time

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) In computing time for the purposes of any Ordinance-

   (a)  a period of days from the happening of any event or the doing of any
        act or thing shall be deemed to be exclusive of the day on which the
        event happens or the act or thing is done;

   (b)  if the last day of the period is a public holiday or a gale 
        warning day or black rainstorm warning day the period shall include
        the next following day, not being a public holiday or a
        gale warning day or black rainstorm warning day;

   (c)  where any act or proceeding is directed or allowed to be done or taken
        on a certain day, then if that day is a public holiday or a gale 
        warning day or black rainstorm warning day, the act or proceeding
        shall be considered as done or taken in due time if it is done or
        taken on the next following day, not being a public holiday or a
        gale warning day or black  rainstorm warning day;

   (d)  where an act or proceeding is directed or allowed to be done or taken
        within any time not exceeding 6 days, no public holiday or a gale 
        warning day or black rainstorm warning day shall be reckoned in the
        computation of that time. (Amended 43 of 1983 s. 2; 68 of 1995 s. 16)

(2) In this section-

"black rainstorm warning day" (黑色暴雨警告日) means any day throughout
or for
part of which a black rainstorm warning is in force, and "black rainstorm
warning" (黑色暴雨警告) means a warning issued by the Director of the
Hong Kong Observatory of a heavy rainstorm in, or in the vicinity of,
Hong Kong by the use of the heavy rainstorm signal commonly referred to as
Black; (Amended L.N. 362 of 1997 ss. 2 & 3)

"gale warning day" (烈風警告日) means any day throughout or for part of
which a
gale warning is in force, and "gale warning" (烈風警告) has the meaning
assigned to it by section 2 of the Judicial Proceedings (Adjournment 
During Gale Warnings) Ordinance ( Cap 62). (Replaced 68 of 1995 s. 16)

"black rainstorm warning day" (黑色暴雨警告日)

"black rainstorm warning" (黑色暴雨警告)

"gale warning day" (烈風警告日)

"gale warning" (烈風警告)