Hong Kong Ordinances

LABOUR RELATIONS ORDINANCE - SECT 36

Duration of cooling-off period order

1. not yet in operation 2. Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 56
of 2000 s. 3

(1) Subject to subsection (2), the initial period during which an order under
section 35 may remain in force shall be a period not exceeding 30 days from
the date it is to take effect.

(2) The Chief Executive in Council may, if he thinks it is desirable to do so,
extend the period of effect of an order under section  35 to a period not
exceeding 60 days in the whole.

(3) If the period of effect of an order under section 35 is extended under
subsection (2), notice of such extension shall be published in the English and
Chinese languages in such manner as the Chief Executive thinks fit. (Amended
56 of 2000 s. 3) [cf. 1971 c. 72 s. 140(2) U.K.]