Chinese terms. 9. (1) Chinese words and terms, whether or not in Chinese characters and whether or not in apposition to English words, shall be deemed to form part of any Ordinance in which they appear and shall be construed according to Chinese language and custom.
(2) If there is any conflict in any Ordinance between the meaning of Chinese words or terms and English words used therein, the meaning of the English words shall prevail.
References to pounds sterling. 10. (1) Any reference in any law to a number of pounds sterling shall have effect as if such reference included a reference to sixteen times that number of Hong Kong dollars.
(2) The Governor in Council may from time to time, by notice. in the Gazette, amend subsection (1) to provide that reference to a number of pounds sterling in any law shall include a reference to a number of Hong Kong dollars greater or less than sixteen times the number of pounds sterling.
PART III.
General provisions as to Ordinances.
Ordinance to be public Ordinance. 11. Every Ordinance shall be a public Ordinance and shall be judicially noticed as such.
Sections and schedules. 12. (1) Every section of an Ordinance shall have effect as a substantive enactment without introductory words.
(2) Every schedule to or table in any Ordinance and any notes to such schedule or table shall be construed and have effect as part of such Ordinance.
Citation of Ordinance. 13. (1) Where any Ordinance is referred to, it shall be sufficient for all purposes to cite such Ordinance by—
- (a) the title, short title or citation thereof;
- (b) its number among the Ordinances of the year in which it was enacted; or
- (c) by any chapter number lawfully given to it under the authority of any Ordinance providing for the issue of a revised or other editions of the laws of Hong Kong.
(2) Any reference made to any Ordinance, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (1), may be made according to the title, short title, citation, number or chapter number used in copies of Ordinance printed by the Government Printer.
