Hong Kong Ordinances

CONSULAR RELATIONS ORDINANCE - SECT 7

Evidence

(1) Where a question arises as to whether or not a person is entitled to a
privilege or immunity conferred by or under this Ordinance, a certificate
issued by the Chief Secretary for Administration stating a fact relevant to
that question is, subject to subsection (2), conclusive evidence of that fact.

(2) Where there is any conflict or inconsistency as respects a question of
fact between-

   (a)  a certificate issued under subsection (1); and

   (b)  a certificate obtained under the third paragraph of Article 19 of the
        Basic Law, then the second-mentioned certificate shall, to the extent
        of that conflict or inconsistency, as the case may be, prevail over
        the certificate issued under subsection (1).