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COMPETITION ORDINANCE
Ord. No. 14 of 2012
A1423

75. Effect of commitment to comply with requirements of infringement notice

If a person makes a commitment to comply with the requirements of an infringement notice within the compliance period, the Commission may not bring proceedings in the Tribunal against that person in respect of the alleged contravention specified in the notice.

76. Failure to comply with requirements of infringement notice

(1) This section applies where a person has made a commitment to the Commission to comply with the requirements of an infringement notice.

(2) Nothing in section 75 prevents the Commission from bringing proceedings in the Tribunal, where it has reasonable grounds for suspecting that the person who has made the commitment has failed to comply with one or more of the requirements of the infringement notice.

77. Registration of commitments

The Commission must register commitments made under this Division in the register maintained by the Commission under section 64 (Register of commitments) and the provisions of that section also apply, with any necessary modifications that the circumstances require, to commitments made under this Division.

78. Publication of infringement notices If a person has made a commitment under this Division to comply with the requirements of an infringement notice, the Commission may publish the infringement notice—

(a) through the Internet or a similar electronic network; and
(b) in any other manner the Commission considers appropriate.

Division 3—Leniency

79. Interpretation

In this Division—

“officer” (高級人員) means—

(a) in relation to a corporation, a director, manager or company secretary of the corporation, and any other person involved in the management of the corporation; and