Hong Kong Ordinances

HONG KONG BILL OF RIGHTS ORDINANCE - SECT 6

Remedies for contravention of Bill of Rights

(1) A court or tribunal-

   (a)  in proceedings within its jurisdiction in an action for breach of this
        Ordinance; and

   (b)  in other proceedings within its jurisdiction in which a violation or
        threatened violation of the Bill of Rights is relevant, may grant such
        remedy or relief, or make such order, in respect of such a breach,
        violation or threatened violation as it has power to grant or make in
        those proceedings and as it considers appropriate and just in the
        circumstances.

(2) No proceedings shall be held to be outside the jurisdiction of any court
or tribunal on the ground that they relate to the Bill of Rights. (Enacted
1991)