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Court Proceedings (Electronic Technology) Ordinance

Part 1
Ord. No. 20 of 2020
Section 2
A1683

2. Interpretation

In this Ordinance—

court (法院) means—

(a) the Court of Final Appeal;
(b) the Court of Appeal;
(c) the Court of First Instance;
(d) the District Court;
(e) a Magistrates’ Court;
(f) the Coroner’s Court; or
(g) a tribunal specified by rules made under section 6(b);

court office (法院辦事處), in relation to a court, means a registry of the court or an office of the court;

document (文件) means anything in which information of any description is recorded;

e-Court (電子法院) means a court specified by rules made under section 6(a);

electronic form (電子形式) means in the form of an electronic record;

electronic record (電子紀錄) means a record that—

(a) is generated in a digital form by an information system;
(b) can be transmitted—
(i) within an information system; or
(ii) from one information system to another; and
(c) can be stored in an information system or other medium;