Hong Kong Ordinances

CHEMICAL WEAPONS (CONVENTION) ORDINANCE - SECT 39

Power of Director to specify forms

(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Director may specify the form of any
document required under this Ordinance to be in the specified form and the
form of such other documents required for the purposes of this Ordinance as he
thinks fit.

(2) The Director's power under subsection (1) shall be subject to any express
requirement under this Ordinance for a form, whether specified or otherwise,
to comply with that requirement, but that requirement shall not restrict the
exercise of that power in respect of that form to the extent that, in the
opinion of the Director, his exercise of that power in respect of that form
does not contravene that requirement.

(3) The Director's power under subsection (1) may be exercised in such a way
as to—

   (a)  include in the specified form of any document referred to in that
        subsection a statutory declaration—

        (i)    to be made by the person completing the form; and

        (ii)   as to whether the particulars contained in the form are true
               and correct to the best of that person's knowledge and belief;

   (b)  specify 2 or more forms of any document referred to in that
        subsection, whether as alternatives, or to provide for particular
        circumstances or particular cases, as the Director thinks fit.

(4) A form specified under this section shall be—

   (a)  completed in accordance with such directions and instructions as are
        specified in the form;

   (b)  accompanied by such documents as are specified in the form; and

   (c)  if the completed form is required to be provided to—

        (i)    the Director;

        (ii)   another person on behalf of the Director; or

        (iii)  any other person, so provided in the manner and within the
               period, if any, specified in the form.