Hong Kong Regulations

LIBRARIES REGULATION - SECT 8

Library cards

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) On receiving an application in accordance with section 7, the librarian
may issue to the applicant a library card permitting him to borrow library
material from a library.

(2) The librarian may issue a library card-

   (a)  to a person who satisfies the librarian that he is resident in Hong
        Kong and is the holder of an identity card issued in accordance with
        the Registration of Persons Regulations ( Cap 177 sub. leg. A) or in
        case of a child under the age of 11 years produces a photocopy of his
        birth certificate; or

   (b)  to any other person at the discretion of the librarian. (L.N. 211 of
        1995; 78 of 1999 s. 7)