Hong Kong Ordinances

SEX DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE - SECT 33

Exceptions for voluntary bodies

(1) This section applies to a body the activities of which are carried on
otherwise than for profit.

(2) Sections 28(1) and 29 shall not be construed as rendering unlawful-

   (a)  the restriction of membership of any body to which this section
        applies to persons of one sex (disregarding any minor exceptions); or

   (b)  the provision of benefits, facilities or services to members of any
        body to which this section applies where the membership is so
        restricted, even though membership of the body is open to the public,
        or to a section of the public.

(3) Nothing in section 28 or 29 shall-

   (a)  be construed as affecting a provision to which this subsection
        applies; or

   (b)  render unlawful an act which is done in order to give effect to such a
        provision.

(4) Subsection (3) applies to a provision for conferring benefits on persons
of one sex only (disregarding any benefits to persons of the opposite sex
which are exceptional or are relatively insignificant), being a provision
which constitutes the main object of a body to which this section applies.
(Enacted 1995)