Hong Kong Ordinances

BROADCASTING ORDINANCE - SECT 15

Provisions supplementary to sections 13 and 14

(1) The conduct of an associate of a licensee, or the position of the
associate in a television programme service market, may be considered for the
purposes of section 13 or 14.

(2) A person sustaining loss or damage from a breach of section  13 (1) or
14(1), or a breach of a licence condition, determination or direction relating
to that section, may bring an action for damages, an injunction or other
appropriate remedy, order or relief against the licensee who is in breach.

(3) No action may be brought under subsection (2) more than 3 years after-

   (a)  the commission of the breach concerned referred to in that subsection;
        or

   (b)  the imposition under section 28 of a penalty in relation to the
        breach, whichever is the later.

(4) For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that a breach of
section 13(1) or 14(1) occurs when the Broadcasting Authority forms the
opinion referred to in section 13(1) or 14(4) respectively.