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Remedies for contravention of Bill of Rights
18.
Courts can act if a breach of the Bill of Rights
has happened or is about to happen. For example, a court
may be able to stop someone committing a breach, or to
cancel the effect of some action that was
court
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a breach. Every
the
High Court, District Court
and Magistrates
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Court may act in this way, as well as tribunals that are
not courts.
19.
Also, a breach of the Bill of Rights is not a
crime but a civil wrong called a tort. Thus, if there is a
breach of the Bill of Rights, the person who was affected
for example, sue in the courts for monetary
can,
compensation.
Clause 7
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Binding effect of Ordinance
20.
When the
The Ordinance will apply to everyone, including
the government.
people in Hong Kong, or when
dealings with another, they
breaching the Bill of Rights.
government has dealings with
one person in Hong Kong has
are
prohibited by law from
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