Hong Kong Ordinances

PERSONAL DATA (PRIVACY) ORDINANCE - SECT 67

Power of Commissioner to specify forms

PART X

MISCELLANEOUS

(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Commissioner may specify the form of any
document required under this Ordinance to be in the specified form and the
form of such other documents required for the purposes of this Ordinance as he
thinks fit.

(2) The Commissioner's power under subsection (1) shall be subject to any
express requirement under this Ordinance for a form, whether specified or
otherwise, to comply with that requirement, but that requirement shall not
restrict the exercise of that power in respect of that form to the extent
that, in the opinion of the Commissioner, his exercise of that power in
respect of that form does not contravene that requirement.

(3) The Commissioner's power under subsection (1) may be exercised in such a
way as to-

   (a)  include in the specified form of any document referred to in that
        subsection a statutory declaration-

        (i)    to be made by the person completing the form; and

        (ii)   as to whether the particulars contained in the form are true
               and correct to the best of that person's knowledge and belief;

   (b)  specify 2 or more forms of any document referred to in that
        subsection, whether as alternatives, or to provide for particular
        circumstances or particular cases, as the Commissioner thinks fit.

(4) A form specified under this section shall be-

   (a)  completed in accordance with such directions and instructions as are
        specified in the form;

   (b)  accompanied by such documents as are specified in the form; and

   (c)  if the completed form is required to be provided to-

        (i)    the Commissioner;

        (ii)   another person on behalf of the Commissioner; or

        (iii)  any other person, so provided in the manner, if any, specified
               in the form. (Enacted 1995)