Hong Kong Ordinances

EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ORDINANCE - SECT 4

Application to employees employed under the Crown

Caution: This is a past version. See the current version here.

(1) This Ordinance shall apply to employees employed by or under the Crown in
the same way and to the same extent as if the employer were a private person,
except in the case of-

   (a)  members of the armed forces of the Crown; and

   (b)  persons in the civil employment of Her Majesty, otherwise than in Her
        Government of Hong Kong, who have been engaged in a place outside Hong
        Kong: Provided that this Ordinance shall not apply in the case of an
        employee in the service of the Government of Hong Kong where, in
        consequence of injury received by any such employee in the discharge
        of his duties, a pension or gratuity which would not be payable if
        such injury were received otherwise, is paid to him or, in the case of
        his death, to any of his dependants as defined in this Ordinance,
        under any Ordinance or regulation providing for the grant of such
        pension or gratuity. (Replaced 50 of 1954 s. 3. Amended 11 of 1958 s.
        4; 55 of 1969 s. 4; 44 of 1980 s. 15; 76 of 1982 s. 37)

(2) The exercise and performance of the powers and duties of any public body
shall for the purposes of this Ordinance, unless a contrary intention appears,
be deemed to be the trade or business of such public body. (Added 55 of 1969
s. 4)