Hong Kong Ordinances

SEX DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE - SECT 47

Aiding unlawful acts

(1) A person who knowingly aids another person to do an act made unlawful by
this Ordinance shall be treated for the purposes of this Ordinance as himself
doing an unlawful act of the like description.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), an employee or agent for whose act the
employer or principal is liable under section 46 (or would be so liable but
for section 46(3)) shall be deemed to aid the doing of the act by the employer
or principal.

(3) A person does not under this section knowingly aid another to do an
unlawful act if-

   (a)  he acts in reliance on a statement made to him by that other person
        that, by reason of any provision of this Ordinance, the act which he
        aids would not be unlawful; and

   (b)  it is reasonable for him to rely on the statement.

(4) A person who knowingly or recklessly makes a statement of the kind
referred to in subsection (3)(a) which in a material respect is false or
misleading commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level
4. (Enacted 1995)