Hong Kong Ordinances

ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS BOARD ORDINANCE - SECT 27

Extension of time limits

(1) Notwithstanding section 9, the Chairman may, upon application in writing
by a person and if satisfied that there is good cause for doing so, extend the
time within which that person may appeal to the Board under this or any other
Ordinance.

(2) Notwithstanding anything in this Ordinance, upon application in writing by
a party to an appeal to the Board and if satisfied that there is good cause
for doing so-

   (a)  the Chairman may, before the Board starts to hear the appeal; and

   (b)  the Board may, after the Board starts to hear the appeal, extend the
        time within which that party is required or permitted to do anything
        under this Ordinance.

(3) The power to extend the time under subsection (1) or (2) may be exercised
by the Chairman or by the Board, as the case may be, although the application
for that extension is not made until after the expiration of the time to which
the application relates. (Enacted 1994)