Safeguarding National Security Ordinance
- (e) the District Court;
- (f) a Magistrates’ Court;
- (g) the Lands Tribunal;
- (h) the Labour Tribunal;
- (i) the Small Claims Tribunal;
- (j) the Obscene Articles Tribunal;
- (k) the Coroner’s Court;
designated judge (指定法官), in relation to a Court, means a judicial officer designated among the judicial officers of the Court under Article 44 of the HK National Security Law;
external force (境外勢力)—see section 6;
external place (境外) means a region or place outside the HKSAR (other than the Mainland and Macao);
function (職能) includes a power and a duty;
HK National Security Law (《香港國安法》) means the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (a translation of “《中華人民共和國香港特別行政區維護國家安全法》”), as applied in the HKSAR under the Promulgation of National Law 2020 (L.N. 136 of 2020)*;
international organization (國際組織) means—
- (a) an organization the members of which include 2 or more countries, regions, places, or entities entrusted with functions by any country, region or place; or
- (b) an organization established by or under a treaty, convention or agreement made by 2 or more countries, regions or places,
and includes an institution (however described) under the organization;
