HONG KONG
No. 18 or 1963,
I assent.
188mm
Governor.
23rd May, 1963.
An Ordinance to provide for the control of experiments on living
vertebrate animals.
[24th May, 1963.]
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and
consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Animals (Control of Short title. Experiments) Ordinance, 1963.
2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires- "academic institution" includes universities, university colleges, hospitals, medical schools, agricultural colleges. farra schools, and any other similar institutions:
"animal" means a living vertebrate animal:
"experiment" means any experiment performed on an animal and
calculated to give pain;
"Licensing Authority" means the Director of Medical and Health
Services:
"licensee” means a person licensed under section 7.
Interpreta-