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(c) in any other place, means a declaration before a British consul or person having authority under any Act for the time being in force to take or receive a declaration;
"street" and "road" mean-
(a) any highway, street, road, bridge, thoroughfare, parade, square, court, alley, lane, bridle-way, footway, passage, tunnel; and (Amended 54 of 1969 s. 2)
(b) any open place, whether situate on land leased from the Crown or not, used or frequented by the public or to which the public have or are permitted to have access;
"subsidiary legislation" and "regulations" mean any proclamation, rule, regulation, order, resolution, notice, rule of court, bylaw or other instrument made under or by virtue of any Ordinance and having legislative effect;
"summary conviction" means a summary conviction by a magistrate in accordance with the provisions of the Magistrates Ordinance (Cap. 227);
"Supreme Court" means the Supreme Court of Hong Kong;
"surname" includes a clan or family name;
"territorial waters" means such part of the sea adjacent to the coast of the Colony as is deemed by international law to constitute the territorial waters of Hong Kong;
"treaty" means a treaty, convention or agreement made with a foreign state, and any protocol or declaration attached thereto or independent thereof but referring thereto;
"triable summarily" means triable by a magistrate, in accordance with the provisions of the Magistrates Ordinance (Cap. 227);
"trust territory" means a territory administered by the Government of any part of Her Majesty's dominions under the trusteeship system of the United Nations;
"United Kingdom" means-
(a) the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; or
(b) when used with reference to citizenship or nationality, Great Britain, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man; (Replaced 80 of 1982 s. 2)
"urban areas" means the Colony, excluding the New Territories except New Kowloon;
"Urban Council" means the Urban Council established by the Urban Council Ordinance (Cap. 101);
"vessel" means any ship or boat and any description of vessel used in navigation;
"waters of the Colony", "waters of Hong Kong" and "Colonial waters" mean (Amended 39 of 1982 s. 2)
(a) all waters, whether navigable or not, included in the Colony; and
(b) territorial waters;
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CAP. 1]
Interpretation and General Clauses
[1989 Ed.
LN336/90
(c) in any other place, means a declaration before a British consul or person having authority under any Act for the time being in force to take or receive a declaration;
"street" and "road" mean-
(a) any highway, street, road, bridge, thoroughfare, parade, square, court, alley, lane, bridle-way, footway, passage, tunnel; and (Amended 54 of 1969 s. 2)
(b) any open place, whether situate on land leased from the Crown or not, used or frequented by the public or to which the public have or are permitted to have access;
"subsidiary legislation” and “regulations" mean any proclamation, rule, reg- ulation, order, resolution, notice, rule of court, bylaw or other instrument made under or by virte of any Ordinance and having legislative effect; "summary conviction" means a summary conviction by a magistrate in
accordance with the provisions of the Magistrates Ordinance (Cap. 227); "Supreme Court" means the Supreme Court of Hong Kong; “surname" includes a clan or family name;
"territorial waters" means such part of the sea adjacent to the coast of the Colony as is deemed by international law to constitute the territorial waters of Hong Kong,
“treaty" means a treaty, convention or agreement made with a foreign state, and any protocol or declaration attached thereto or independent thereof but referring thereto;
"triable summarily" means triable by a magistrate, in accordance with the
provisions of the Magistrates Ordinance (Cap. 227);
“trust territory” means a territory administered by the Government of any part of Her Majesty's dominions under the trusteeship system of the United Nations;
"United Kingdom" means-
(a) the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; or (b) when used with reference to citizenship or nationality, Great Britain, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man; (Replaced 80 of 1982 s. 2)
"urban areas" means the Colony, excluding the New Territories except New
Kowloon;
“Urban Council" means the Urban Council established by the Urban Council
Ordinance (Cap. 101);
"vessel" means any ship or boat and any description of vessel used in
navigation;
"waters of the Colony", "waters of Hong Kong" and "Colonial waters”
mean (Amended 39 of 1982 s. 2)
(a) all waters, whether navigable or not, included in the Colony; and (b) territorial waters;
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