Hong Kong Ordinances

BROADCASTING ORDINANCE - SECT 23

General requirements as to television programme services

(1) A licensee shall be responsible at all times for ensuring that its
licensed service does not include a subliminal message.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), a licensee shall-

   (a)  comply with its licence conditions;

   (b)  comply with any requirements under this Ordinance which are applicable
        to it;

   (c)  comply with any directions, orders, or determinations, under this
        Ordinance which are applicable to it;

   (d)  comply with all provisions in a Code of Practice which are applicable
        to it; and

   (e)  without prejudice to the operation of any Code of Practice which
        relates to this section, to any regulations under section 42(1)(e) or
        to the Broadcasting Authority's functions under section 9 of the
        Broadcasting Authority Ordinance ( Cap 391), secure proper standards
        for its licensed service with regard to television programme content
        and technical performance.

(3) Subsection (2) shall not apply in the case of material supplied by the
Government.

(4) For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that the fact that any
material included or to be included in a licensee's licensed  service is
material exempted or approved for the purposes of exhibition or publication
under the Film Censorship Ordinance ( Cap 392) does not by itself relieve the
licensee of any obligation under this Ordinance.

(5) In this section-

"standards" (標準), in relation to television programme content, includes
restrictions on the time of day when content of a particular class may be
provided;

"subliminal message" (潛送訊息) means the transmission of material the
duration of which is so brief that it does not enable a person to obtain a
conscious picture of the material.

"standards" (標準)

"subliminal message" (潛送訊息)