Hong Kong Ordinances

ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS ORDINANCE - SECT 35

Postmaster General may perform functions and provide services of certification authority

(1) For the purposes of section 34, the Postmaster General may by himself or
by the officers of the Post Office-

   (a)  perform the functions and provide the services of a
        certification authority and services incidental or related to the
        functions or services of a certification authority; and

   (b)  do anything that is necessary or expedient for the purposes of
        paragraph (a) and for complying with any provision of this Ordinance
        relating to a recognized certification authority.

(2) The Postmaster General may determine and charge fees for providing the
services of a certification authority or services incidental or related to the
functions or services of a certification authority.

(3) The fees determined and charged under subsection (2) shall not be limited
by reference to the administrative or other costs incurred or likely to be
incurred or recovery of expenditure in the provision of the services of a
certification authority or services incidental or related to the functions or
services of a certification authority.

(4) The Postmaster General may give particulars of any fees determined under
subsection (2) in such manner as the Postmaster General thinks fit.