Hong Kong Ordinances

BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION ORDINANCE - SECT 2

Interpretation

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(1) In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires- (Amended 80 of
1997 s. 47) "births register" (出生冊) means the births register referred
to in section  4 (3)(b); (Added 80 of 1997 s. 47) "computer record"
(電腦紀錄) means the computer record compiled under section  5A ; (Added
80 of 1997 s. 47) "deaths register" (死亡冊) means the deaths register
referred to in section  4 (3)(c); (Added 80 of 1997 s. 47) "house" (房屋)
includes any building, structure, or vessel; "occupier" (佔用人) includes
the warden, keeper, master, manager, director, matron, superintendent,
superior, or other chief resident officer of every convent or public or
charitable or religious or educational institution, and, where a house is let
or sub-let in separate floors or rooms or compartments, includes any person
residing in such house who either receives or pays rent for such separate
floors or rooms or compartments. In cases where a whole house is occupied by
any person without being let or sub-let as aforesaid, such person shall,
whether he is the owner or not, be deemed to be the occupier; "public
institution" (公立機構) includes a prison, lock-up, reformatory school,
certified industrial school, house of detention, mental hospital and hospital;
"register" (登記紀錄) means (as the case may be) any of the
register books, the births register or the deaths register; (Added 80 of 1997
s. 47) "register books" (登記冊) means the register books of births and the
register  books of deaths referred to in section 4(3)(a); (Added 80 of 1997 s.
47) "register computer" (登記電腦) means a computer forming the system of
recording the particulars under section 5A; (Added 80 of 1997 s. 47)
"Registrar" (登記官) means the Registrar of Births and Deaths, and includes
any deputy registrar of births and deaths; (Replaced 9 of 1957 s. 2)
"registrar" (登記官員) includes the Registrar and any deputy registrar or
district registrar of births and deaths. (Added 9 of 1957 s. 2) "signed
register form" (經簽署登記表格) means a register form referred to in
section 4(1), completed with particulars required to be registered under this
Ordinance and signed. (Added 80 of 1997 s. 47)

(2) In sections 4(4)(b) and 5(2), references to "signed register form" shall
be construed as including the certified copy of such signed  register form
referred to in section 11(2). (Added 80 of 1997 s. 47) [cf. 1874 c. 88 s. 48
U.K.] "births register" (出生冊) "computer record" (電腦紀錄) "deaths
register" (死亡冊) "house" (房屋) "occupier" (佔用人) "public
institution" (公立機構) "register" (登記紀錄) "register books"
(登記冊) "register computer" (登記電腦) "Registrar" (登記官)
"registrar" (登記官員) "signed register form" (經簽署登記表格)