Hong Kong Ordinances

FAMILY STATUS DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE - SECT 11

Partnerships

Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 66 of 1999 s. 3 Discrimination
by other bodies

(1) It is unlawful for a firm consisting of not less than 6 partners, in
relation to a position as partner in the firm, to discriminate against a
person who has family status-

   (a)  in the arrangements the firm makes for the purpose of determining who
        should be offered that position;

   (b)  in the terms on which the firm offers that person that position;

   (c)  by refusing or deliberately omitting to offer that person that
        position; or

   (d)  in a case where that person already holds that position-

        (i)    in the way the firm affords him access to any benefits,
               facilities or services, or by refusing or deliberately omitting
               to afford him access to them; or

        (ii)   by expelling him from that position or subjecting him to any
               other detriment.

(2) Subsection (1) shall apply in relation to persons proposing to form
themselves into a partnership as it applies in relation to a firm.

(3) In the case of a limited partnership references in subsection

(1) to a partner shall be construed as references to a general partner within
the meaning of section 2 of the Limited Partnerships Ordinance ( Cap  37).

(4) The Chief Executive in Council may, by notice in the Gazette, amend
subsection (1) by- (Amended 66 of 1999 s. 3)

   (a)  substituting another number for the number appearing in that
        subsection; or

        (b)	repealing the words and number appearing after "for a firm" and 
before ", in relation to".