Hong Kong Regulations

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (POSSESSION AND EXPORT OF RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS BY VISITORS) (EXEMPTION) ORDER - SECT 1

Exemption for the purpose of section 8(1)(b) of the Ordinance

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

A person who is given permission to land in Hong Kong as a visitor under the
Immigration Ordinance ( Cap 115) is exempted from the requirement to hold a
licence under section 8(1)(b) of the Ordinance in respect of possession of any
radiocommunications apparatus purchased by him in Hong Kong for 30 days after
the date of purchase, subject to the following conditions- (36 of 2000 s. 28)

   (a)  he shall produce for inspection a receipt, certificate or other
        document as proof of the date of purchase of the apparatus on demand
        by the Authority or any public officer authorized in that behalf by
        the Authority; and

   (b)  he shall not within 30 days after the date of purchase use or permit
        the use of the apparatus in Hong Kong or on board a ship or aircraft
        that is registered in Hong Kong. (Enacted 1992)