Hong Kong Ordinances

SEX DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE - SECT 17

Qualifying bodies

(1) It is unlawful for an authority or body which can confer an
authorization or qualification which is needed for, or facilitates, engagement
in a particular profession or trade to discriminate against a woman-

   (a)  in the terms on which it is prepared to confer on her that
        authorization or qualification;

   (b)  by refusing or deliberately omitting to grant her application for it;
        or

   (c)  by withdrawing it from her or varying the terms on which she holds it.

(2) Where an authority or body is required by law to satisfy itself as to his
good character before conferring on a person an authorization or 
qualification which is needed for, or facilitates, his engagement in any
profession or trade then, without prejudice to any other duty to which it is
subject, that requirement shall be taken to impose on the authority or body a
duty to have regard to any evidence tending to show that he, or any of his
employees or agents (whether past or present), has-

   (a)  practised unlawful discrimination; or

   (b)  engaged in unlawful sexual harassment, in, or in connection with, the
        carrying on of any profession or trade.

(3) Subsection (1) shall not apply to discrimination which is rendered
unlawful by section 25.

(4) In this section-

"authorization or qualification" (授權或資格) includes recognition,
licensing, registration, enrolment, approval and certification;

"confer" (授予) includes renew or extend. (Enacted 1995)

"authorization or qualification" (授權或資格) includes recognition,
licensing, registration, enrolment, approval and certification;

"confer" (授予) includes renew or extend.