Hong Kong Ordinances

SEX DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE - SECT 57

Acts done for purposes of protection of women

(1) Nothing in-

   (a)  the provisions of Part III;

   (b)  the provisions of Part IV so far as it applies to vocational 
        training; or

   (c)  the provisions of Part V so far as it has effect in relation to any of
        the provisions referred to in paragraph (a) or (b), shall render
        unlawful any act done by a person in relation to a woman if-

        (i)    it was necessary for that person to do it in order to comply
               with a requirement of an existing statutory provision
               concerning the protection of women; or

        (ii)   it was necessary for that person to do it in order to comply
               with a requirement of a provision specified in Schedule 3 and
               it was done by that person for the purpose of the protection of
               the woman concerned

(or of any class of women that included that woman).

(2) In subsection (1)-

   (a)  the reference in paragraph (i) of that subsection to an
        existing statutory provision concerning the protection of women is a
        reference to any such provision having effect for the purpose of
        protecting women as regards-

        (i)    pregnancy or maternity; or

        (ii)   other circumstances giving rise to risks specifically affecting
               women, whether the provision relates only to such protection or
               to the protection of any other class of persons as well;

   (b)  the reference in paragraph (ii) of that subsection to the protection
        of a particular woman or class of women is a reference to the
        protection of that woman or those women as regards any circumstances
        falling within paragraph (a)(i) or (ii).

(3) Subject to subsection (4), the provisions of section 12(2)(g), subsections
(1)(ii) and (2)(b) and Schedule 3 shall expire on the 2nd anniversary of the
day on which this Ordinance is enacted. (Amended L.N. 305 of 1996)

(4) Prior to the expiry of the provisions referred to in subsection

(3), the Legislative Council may, by resolution, amend that subsection to
extend those provisions for a period of one year. (Enacted 1995)