A380

Ord. No. 65/88

UNDESIRABLE MEDICAL ADVERTISEMENTS

(AMENDMENT)

HONG KONG

No. 65 of 1988

L.S.

I assent.

David WILSON,

Governor.

14 July 1988

An Ordinance to amend the Undesirable Medical Advertisements

Ordinance.

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Short title and

Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.

1. (1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Undesirable Medical commencement Advertisements (Amendment) Ordinance 1988.

(2) This Ordinance shall come into operation on a day to be appointed by the Governor by notice in the Gazette and different days may be appointed for different provisions.

PART I

Prohibition of

2.

Section 3 of the Undesirable Medical (Advertisements) Ordinance advertisements is amended-

relating to

certain diseases.

Exceptions

therefrom

(Cap. 231)

(a) by repealing subsection (1) and substituting-

Schedule 1

Schedule 2

"(1) No person shall publish, or cause to be published, any advertisement likely to lead to the use of any medicine, surgical appliance or treatment for

(a) the purpose of treating human beings for, or pre- venting human beings from contracting, any disease or condition specified in column 1 of Schedule 1, except for a purpose (if any) specified in column 2 of that Schedule; or

(b) treating human beings for any purpose specified in

Schedule 2.'

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