### Control of Chemicals Regulations 《化學品管制規例》

4. Premises and containers in which substances specified in Schedule 1 or 2 of the Ordinance is stored or kept
(1) No person shall keep or store any substance specified in Schedule 1 or 2 of the Ordinance not in transit except—
(a) in a place approved in writing by the Commissioner; and
(b) in accordance with such conditions as the Commissioner may specify.
(2) No person shall keep or store any substance specified in Schedule 1 or 2 of the Ordinance except in a container approved in writing by the Commissioner.
(3) The container in which any substance specified in Schedule 1 or 2 of the Ordinance is kept or stored— (L.N. 259 of 1997)
(a) shall be clearly marked on the outside thereof with the English and Chinese names of the substance as specified in the appropriate Schedule; and
(b) shall not contain any substance other than the substance so marked thereon.
(L.N. 294 of 1982; 64 of 1994 s. 21)

5. Offences
(1) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of regulation 3 or of regulation 4 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine at level 5 and imprisonment for 1 year.
(2) Any person who contravenes any of the terms or conditions of an exemption granted under regulation 3(5) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine at level 5 and imprisonment for 1 year. (L.N. 98 of 1977)
(L.N. 173 of 1975; E.R. 2 of 2021)

6. Fees
(1) The fee for the issue of—
(a) a licence, including the issue of a new licence under section 8(5) of the Ordinance, shall be $1,530 for each year or part of a year for which the licence is issued; and
(b) a permit, including the issue of a new permit under section 8(5) of the Ordinance, shall be $950 for each year or part of a year for which the permit is issued.
(2) The fee payable on the reissue of—
(a) a licence under section 9(5) of the Ordinance shall be $1,530; and
(b) a permit under section 9(5) of the Ordinance shall be $950.
(L.N. 230 of 1997; L.N. 197 of 2006; L.N. 126 of 2008)

### Books Registration Ordinance 《書刊註冊條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Books Registration Ordinance.

2. Interpretation
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—

book (書刊) includes—
(a) every volume, part or division of a volume;
(b) every magazine, journal, annual report, or other similar kind of periodical publication; and
(c) every pamphlet, sheet of music, map, chart, table or plan which is separately printed or produced,
but does not include any book specified in the Schedule;

new book (新書刊) means a book which—
(a) after the commencement* of this Ordinance is either—
(i) printed or produced for the first time in Hong Kong; or
(ii) published for the first time in Hong Kong, regardless of where it was originally printed or produced; or
(b) is a photographic copy photographically copied in Hong Kong for the first time after the commencement of this Ordinance from a book printed, produced or published outside Hong Kong;

publisher (出版人) means—
(a) in the case of a book published in Hong Kong, the publisher thereof or his agent in Hong Kong;
(b) in the case of a book printed or produced in, but not published in, Hong Kong, the agent in Hong Kong of the publisher or, in the absence of an agent, the person primarily responsible for the printing or production of the book;
(c) in the case of a photographic copy of a book, the agent in Hong Kong of the publisher or, in the absence of an agent, the person in Hong Kong primarily responsible for the photographic copying of the book;

Secretary means the Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism. (Added L.N. 67 of 1985. Amended L.N. 242 of 1989; L.N. 372 of 1996; L.N. 362 of 1997; L.N. 192 of 1998; L.N. 206 of 1998; L.N. 144 of 2022)
(Amended L.N. 67 of 1985) Editorial Note:
* Commencement date: 26 September 1976.

### Books Registration Ordinance 《書刊註冊條例》

3. Delivery to Secretary of copies of every new book
(1) The publisher of a new book shall, within 1 month after the book is published, printed, produced or otherwise made in Hong Kong, deliver to the Secretary free of charge 5 copies of the book, together with all maps, prints or other engravings belonging thereto, properly bound, sewed or stitched and produced on the best paper on which the book and any map, print or other engraving thereto is printed or produced. (Amended L.N. 184 of 1992)
(2) The publisher of the book shall, within such period after delivery of copies of the book as the Secretary may specify, forward to the Secretary in writing such particulars of the book as the Secretary may require to enable him to register the book in accordance with section 5.
(3) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine at level 1. (E.R. 1 of 2021)
(Amended L.N. 67 of 1985)

4. Registration and disposal of copies of new books
After receipt of the copies of a new book delivered to him under section 3, the Secretary shall— (Amended L.N. 67 of 1985)
(a) register the particulars of the book in accordance with section 5; and
(b) send 1 copy of the book to—
(i) (Repealed 59 of 2000 s. 3)(ii) the City Hall Library, Hong Kong or such other library as he may approve; and
(c) give the remaining copies of the book to any public cultural or educational body as he may select or otherwise dispose of them in such other manner as he thinks fit.

5. Register of books published, printed or produced in Hong Kong
(1) The Secretary shall maintain a register of every new book delivered to him under section 3.
(2) The register shall be in such form and contain such particulars of each book to be registered as the Secretary thinks fit.
(Amended L.N. 67 of 1985)

6. Amendment of Schedule
The Chief Executive may by order published in the Gazette amend the Schedule.
(Amended 59 of 2000 s. 3)