Hong Kong Ordinances

ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS ORDINANCE - SECT 15

Consent required for sections 5, 5A and 7 to apply to transactions between persons who are not government entities

(Past version on 07/04/2000).

(1) If an Ordinance requires information to be given by a person to another
and neither person is or is acting on behalf of a government  entity,
section 5(1) applies only if the person to whom the information is to be given
consents to it being given in the form of an electronic record.

(2) If an Ordinance permits information to be given by a person to another and
neither person is or is acting on behalf of a government  entity, section 5(2)
applies only if the person to whom the information is to be given consents to
it being given in the form of an electronic record.

(2A) If an Ordinance requires a document to be served by a person on another
by personal service or by post and neither person is or is acting on behalf of
a government entity, section 5A(1) applies only if the person on whom the
document is to be served consents to it being served in the form of an
electronic record. (Added 14 of 2004 s. 10)

(2B) If an Ordinance permits a document to be served by a person on another by
personal service or by post and neither person is or is acting on behalf of a
government entity, section 5A(2) applies only if the person on whom the
document is to be served consents to it being served in the form of an
electronic record. (Added 14 of 2004 s. 10)

(3) (Repealed 14 of 2004 s. 10)

(4) If an Ordinance requires information to be presented in its original form
and neither the person presenting it nor the person to whom
it is to be presented ("the second mentioned person") is or is acting on
behalf of a government entity, section 7(1) applies only if the second 
mentioned person consents to it being presented in the form of an
electronic record.

(5) (Repealed 14 of 2004 s. 10)