Hong Kong Ordinances

CIVIL AID SERVICE ORDINANCE - SECT 7

Commissioner, Civil Aid Service

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

Adapation amendments retroactively made - see 76 of 1999 s. 3

(1) The Chief Executive shall appoint a person to be the Commissioner, Civil
Aid Service.

(2) The Chief Executive may at any time terminate the appointment of the
Commissioner.

(3) During any period of absence of the Commissioner from Hong Kong or
incapacity on the part of the Commissioner to carry out the functions of his
office, the Chief Executive may appoint an officer holding the rank next below
the rank held by the Commissioner to act as Commissioner, and the person so
appointed shall exercise all the powers and perform all the duties conferred
or imposed on the Commissioner by this Ordinance or any enactment. (Amended 76
of 1999 s. 3)