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Interpretation and General Clauses

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"month" means calendar month;

"movable property" means property of every description except immovable property;

"New Kowloon" means the area specified in Schedule 5;

"New Territories" means the territories leased to Great Britain by the Emperor of China under the Convention dated 9 June 1898;

"oath" and "affidavit" include, in the case of persons allowed or required by law to affirm instead of swearing, affirmation; and "swear" in the like case includes affirm;

"occupy" includes use, inhabit, be in possession of or enjoy the land or premises to which the word relates, otherwise than as a mere servant or for the mere purpose of the care, custody or charge thereof;

"offence" includes any crime, treason, felony or misdemeanor and any contravention or other breach of, or failure to comply with, any provision of any Ordinance, for which a penalty is provided;

"official languages" means the English language and the Chinese language, and a reference to an "official language" shall be construed as a reference to the English language or the Chinese language as the case may be; (Added 18 of 1987 s. 2)

"or", "other" and "otherwise" shall be construed disjunctively and not as implying similarity, unless the word "similar" or some other word of like meaning is added;

"Order in Council" means an order made by Her Majesty in Her Privy Council;

"Ordinance" and "enactment" mean--

(a) any Ordinance enacted by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council;

(b) any proclamation made by the British Military Administration on or between 1 September 1945 and 1 May 1946; and

(c) any subsidiary legislation made under any such Ordinance or proclamation;

"Parliament" and "Imperial Parliament" mean the Parliament of England, the Parliament of Great Britain and the Parliament of the United Kingdom;

"per cent", when used in relation to a rate of interest payable in any circumstances, means the rate of interest specified payable in respect of a year, unless it is expressly provided that it is payable in respect of any other period;

"person" includes any public body and any body of persons, corporate or unincorporate, and this definition shall apply notwithstanding that the word "person" occurs in a provision creating or relating to an offence or for the recovery of any fine or compensation;

"personal name" means the names other than a surname which a person most commonly adopts in conjunction with his surname or, in the case of a person having no surname, the names which he commonly adopts;