Legislation Publication Ordinance
- (g) insert, after an item in a list appearing in the text of one official language, the equivalent of that item in the other official language;
- (h) change the format, layout, printing style or any other presentational aspect; and
- (i) make an amendment that is consequential on any amendment made under this section (other than this paragraph).
13. Editorial amendments not to change legal effect of Ordinances
Section 12 does not permit any editorial amendment that would change the legal effect of any Ordinance.
14. Effect of editorial amendments
(1) Subject to section 16, an Ordinance that is amended under section 12 has effect for all purposes, on and after the publication date, as if the amendment had been made by another Ordinance that commenced on the publication date.
(2) A copy of the amended Ordinance, as published on an approved website, must indicate in a suitable place the fact that it has been amended under section 12.
(3) In this section—
publication date (發布日期), in relation to an Ordinance amended under section 12, means the date on which a consolidated copy of the Ordinance showing the amendment in its text is first published on an approved website.
