### Ozone Layer Protection Ordinance 《保護臭氧層條例》

14A. Claims for the return of thing forfeited under section 14(4A)
(1) A person wishing to claim the return of anything forfeited to the Government under section 14(4A) may, within 6 weeks after the thing has been forfeited, give notice in writing to the Director of his intention to submit to the Secretary a petition under this section in respect of the thing forfeited.
(2) A petition shall be submitted to the Secretary by lodging it in triplicate with the Director within 30 days of giving notice under subsection (1).
(3) The Secretary may after considering the petition—
(a) upon payment of reasonable storage charges, order the return of the thing forfeited subject to any conditions that the Secretary may specify in writing; or
(b) reject the petition.
(4) The Secretary shall determine the amount of storage charges payable under subsection (3)(a) which shall not exceed the value of the thing forfeited.
(5) The decision of the Secretary under subsection (3) is final.
(Added 6 of 1997 s. 5)

15. Prosecutions
(1) Prosecutions for offences under this Ordinance may be brought in the name of the Director or the Commissioner of Customs and Excise.
(2) A complaint or information in respect of an offence under this Ordinance shall be made or laid within 6 months after the time the matter of the complaint or information first came to the knowledge of the Director, the Commissioner of Customs and Excise or an authorized officer.

15A. Protection of public officers
(1) A public officer shall not be personally liable in respect of any act or omission of his if it was done or made by him in the honest belief that it was required or authorized in the exercise of any function, duty or power of his under this Ordinance.
(2) The protection conferred on public officers by subsection (1) in respect of any act or omission shall not in any way affect any liability of the Government in tort for that act or omission.
(Added 6 of 1997 s. 6)

### Ozone Layer Protection Ordinance 《保護臭氧層條例》

17. Secretary may amend Schedule
The Secretary may, after consultation with the Advisory Council on the Environment, by order published in the Gazette, amend the Schedule.
(Amended 6 of 1997 s. 8)

18. Application of Ordinance to Government
(1) Subject to this section, this Ordinance shall bind the Government.
(2) Sections 3, 4, 5(8), 6(6), 7(5) and 13 and any regulations made under section 16 shall not have effect to permit proceedings to be taken against, or to impose any criminal liability on, the Government.
(3) Any application for registration under section 5 or the issue of a licence under section 6 which is to be made or may be made by or on behalf of the Government may be made by any public officer on behalf of the Government.
(4) No fee or charge prescribed for the purposes of this Ordinance shall be payable by the Government.
(Added 6 of 1997 s. 9)

### Ozone Layer Protection (Fees) Regulations 《保護臭氧層(費用)規例》

1. Citation
These regulations may be cited as the Ozone Layer Protection (Fees) Regulations.

2. Prescribed fees
The fees set out in the Schedule shall be the prescribed fees for the purposes of the Ordinance.
(33 of 2003 s. 6)

### Privileges and Immunities (International Committee of the Red Cross) Ordinance 《特權及豁免權(紅十字國際委員會)條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Privileges and Immunities (International Committee of the Red Cross) Ordinance.

2. Interpretation
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—
committee (委員會) means the International Committee of the Red Cross;
delegate (代表) means a person appointed by the International Committee of the Red Cross as a member of its regional delegation in Hong Kong.

3. Privileges and immunities
(1) The committee has the privileges and immunities set out in Schedule 1.
(2) A delegate has the privileges and immunities set out in Schedule 2.

4. Evidence
Where a question arises as to whether or not a person is entitled to a privilege or immunity under this Ordinance, a certificate issued by the Chief Secretary for Administration stating a fact relevant to that question is conclusive evidence of that fact.
(Amended L.N. 362 of 1997)

### Pension Benefits (Judicial Officers) Ordinance 《退休金利益(司法人員)條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Pension Benefits (Judicial Officers) Ordinance.

### Pension Benefits (Judicial Officers) Ordinance 《退休金利益(司法人員)條例》

2A. Saving
The amendments made to this Ordinance by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 10) Ordinance 1999 (26 of 1999) shall not affect any right accrued or accruing to any person before the date on which those amendments come into operation.
(Added 26 of 1999 s. 3)

3. Application
(1) Subject to an exemption under section 37, this Ordinance only applies to—
(a) an officer appointed or re-appointed to service under the Government on or after 1 July 1987 on pensionable terms, whether on transfer from other public service or otherwise;
(b) an officer whose application under section 9 is approved;
(c) a person who has exercised an option under section 10; and
(d) an officer or person who, under section 11, is deemed to have applied under section 9 or exercised an option under section 10.
(2) A person must not derive any pension, gratuity or other allowance under the Pensions Ordinance (Cap. 89) and pension benefits under the Pension Benefits Ordinance (Cap. 99) and this Ordinance for the same period of service.
(Amended 10 of 2019 s. 8)

4. Pension benefits to be of right
Except as otherwise provided in this Ordinance, the entitlement to pension benefits is a right.

5. Pension benefits to be charged to general revenue
There shall be charged on and paid out of the general revenue all money that is from time to time granted by way of pension benefits.

5A. Officers subject to retirement age (extension) arrangement
(1) An officer is subject to the retirement age (extension) arrangement if—
(a) the officer has opted for that arrangement by delivering a notice in accordance with section 11B;
(b) subject to subsection (2), the officer is first appointed on pensionable terms on or after the commencement date of the 2019 Ordinance (commencement date

### Pension Benefits (Judicial Officers) Ordinance 《退休金利益(司法人員)條例》

6A. Transitional provisions relating to retirement age (extension) arrangement for certain officers
(1) In this section—
specified officer (指明人員) means an officer referred to in section 6(1)(c)—(a) whose service was approved for continuation under section 6(3) before the commencement date* of the 2019 Ordinance; and
(b) who has opted for the retirement age (extension) arrangement in accordance with section 11B.

(2) If, but for this section, the approved continued service of a specified officer would have ended before the officer attains the age of 65 years, the officer’s approved continued service is extended to the date immediately before the officer attains the age of 65 years.
(3) When a specified officer attains the age of 65 years, the officer’s service may be further approved for continuation under section 6(3) for an aggregate of 5 years plus accrued leave, as if the officer’s service had not previously been approved for continuation.
(Added 10 of 2019 s. 11) Editorial Note:
* Commencement date: 6 December 2019.