Hong Kong Ordinances

SEX DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE - SECT 59

Acts safeguarding security of Hong Kong

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) Nothing in Part III, IV or V shall render unlawful an act done for the
purpose of safeguarding the security of Hong Kong.

(2) A certificate purporting to be signed by or on behalf of the Chief
Secretary for Administration and certifying that an act specified in the
certificate was done for the purpose of safeguarding the security of Hong Kong
shall be conclusive evidence that it was done for that purpose. (Amended L.N.
362 of 1997)

(3) A document purporting to be a certificate referred to in subsection (2)
shall be received in evidence and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary,
shall be deemed to be such a certificate.

(4) Subsections (2) and (3) shall not have effect in relation to the
determination of the question whether any act is rendered unlawful by-

   (a)  Part III;

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

   (c)  Part V as read with-

        (i)    Part III; or

        (ii)   Part IV so far as it applies to vocational training. (Enacted
               1995)