"Bank of Ireland" means the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland.
"Committed for trial" means, when used in relation to any person, committed to prison with the view to his being tried before a Judge and jury, or otherwise as the law directs; and includes a person who is admitted to bail upon recognizances to appear and take his trial before a Judge and jury, or otherwise.
'Definition' means the interpretation to be given to words or expressions used in the Ordinance or part of an Ordinance to which such interpretations are declared to be applicable; and the words or expressions are to have in such Ordinance or part of an Ordinance, and in any rules, regulations, orders, or other documents made thereunder, the meanings assigned to them unless inconsistent with the context.
"Enactment" means any provision made by competent authority having the force of law, and any part of such provision, and includes rules and regulations made in virtue of powers conferred by any Ordinance or statute.
"Gazette" means the Hongkong Government Gazette.
"In this Ordinance" or "In this Part" or "In this section" or any other similar expression means, when used at the commencement of an interpretation section, that the words or expressions which follow shall have, in the Ordinance, or Part, or section, or in any rules, regulations, orders or other documents made thereunder, the meanings assigned to them unless it is otherwise provided or unless any such meaning is repugnant to, or inconsistent with, the context.
"Medical practitioner", or any words importing a person recognized at law as a practitioner in medicine or surgery or as any kind of member of the medical profession, means a medical practitioner duly registered under Ordinance No. 1 of 1884, unless a Chinese medical practitioner is expressly referred to.
"Month" means calendar month, unless it appears from the context that lunar month or Chinese moon is intended.
"Offence" means any crime, misdemeanor, contravention, or other breach of the law for which a penalty is provided.
"Person", and words applied to any person or individual, shall apply to and include, subject only to the provisions of section 35, bodies corporate, joint tenants and tenants in common.