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Interpretation and General Clauses

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"public holiday" and "general holiday" mean any day which is a general holiday by virtue of any provision of the Holidays Ordinance (Cap. 149); "public office" means any office or employment the holding or discharging of which by a person would constitute that person a public officer; "public officer" and "public servant" mean any person holding an office of emolument under the Crown in right of the Government of Hong Kong, whether such office be permanent or temporary;

"public place" means--

(a) any public street or pier, or any public garden; and

(b) any theatre, place of public entertainment of any kind, or other place of general resort, admission to which is obtained by payment or to which the public have or are permitted to have access;

"public seal" means the public seal of Hong Kong;

"Regional Council" means the Regional Council established by the Regional Council Ordinance (Cap. 385); (Added 39 of 1985 s. 60)

"registered", when used with reference to a document, means registered under the provisions of any law applicable to the registration of such a document;

"Registrar of the Supreme Court" means the Registrar of the Supreme Court and any Deputy or Assistant Registrar of the Supreme Court;

"repeal" includes rescind, revoke, cancel or replace;

"rules of court”, when used in relation to any court, means rules made by the authority having for the time being power to make rules and orders regulating the practice and procedure of such court;

"Secretary of State" means one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State for the time being;

"sell" includes exchange and barter;

"ship" includes every description of vessel used in navigation not exclusively propelled by oars;

"sign" includes, in the case of a person unable to write, the affixing or making of a seal, mark, thumbprint or chop;

“solicitor” means a person admitted to practise as a solicitor before the High Court; (Amended 92 of 1975 s. 59)

"statutory declaration", if made---

(a) in Hong Kong, means a declaration under the repealed Statutory Declarations Ordinance or the Oaths and Declarations Ordinance (Cap. 11); (Replaced 20 of 1972 s. 24)

(b) in any part of the Commonwealth except the Colony, means a declaration made before a justice of the peace, notary public, or other person having authority therein under any legal provision for the time being in force in such part to take or receive a declaration;