### Volunteer and Naval Volunteer Pensions Ordinance 《陸軍義勇軍及海軍義勇軍恩恤金條例》

35. Amendment of Schedules
(1) The Secretary for Labour and Welfare may, by order, amend any of the Schedules. (Amended L.N. 106 of 2002; L.N. 130 of 2007)
(2) Without affecting the generality of subsection (1), the Secretary for Labour and Welfare may, by order, amend— (Amended L.N. 106 of 2002; L.N. 130 of 2007)
(a) the monthly rates set out in column 2 of Schedule 3;
(b) the amounts set out in column 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 4; (Amended E.R. 2 of 2012)
(c) the amounts set out in column 3 of Part 2 of Schedule 4; (Amended E.R. 2 of 2012)
(d) the monthly rates set out in column 2 of Schedule 5;
(e) the monthly rates set out in columns 2 and 3 of Schedule 6;
(f) the monthly rates set out in column 2 of Schedule 7;
(g) the monthly rates set out in column 2 of Schedule 8,
in accordance with the percentage of increase declared in a notice made under section 4(1C) of the Pensions (Increase) Ordinance (Cap. 305).
(3) An order under subsection (1) or (2) shall be published in the Gazette.
(4) An order under subsection (2) shall take effect on the same date as specified in the notice referred to in that subsection.
(5) Section 34 of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap. 1) shall not apply in respect of an order under subsection (2).
(Replaced 35 of 1999 s. 2)

### Prevention of Bribery (Exclusion of Bodies and Members of Bodies of Educational Institutions) Notice 《防止賄賂(教育院校轄下團體及其成員列為例外)公告》

1. Citation
This Notice may be cited as the Prevention of Bribery (Exclusion of Bodies and Members of Bodies of Educational Institutions) Notice.

2. Exclusion of bodies
The bodies specified in the second column of the First Schedule (being bodies of the educational institutions specified in relation thereto in the first column of the First Schedule) are excluded for the purposes of the definition of public servant in section 2(1) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (Cap. 201).

3. Exclusion of members
The persons specified in the third column of the Second Schedule (being members of the bodies specified in relation thereto in the first and second columns of the Second Schedule) are excluded from the definition of public servant in section 2(1) of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (Cap. 201).

### Prevention of Bribery (Appeal against Confiscation Order) Rules 《防止賄賂(就沒收令提出上訴)規則》

1. Citation
These rules may be cited as the Prevention of Bribery (Appeal against Confiscation Order) Rules.

2. Notice of appeal
An appellant under section 12AB of the Ordinance shall give a notice of appeal—
(a) in Form 1 in the Schedule; and
(b) signed personally by him, unless the Court of Appeal or a judge otherwise directs.

3. Abandonment of appeal
The appellant may, at any time before the hearing, abandon his appeal by giving notice of the abandonment in Form 2 in the Schedule, and upon the Registrar receiving the notice, the Court of Appeal shall be deemed to have dismissed the appeal.

4. Copies to be sent to Secretary for Justice
The Registrar shall, on receiving a notice of appeal or of the abandonment of an appeal, send a copy of the notice to the Secretary for Justice.
(L.N. 362 of 1997)

5. Application of Criminal Appeal Rules
(1) In the absence of any specific provision in these rules, the Criminal Appeal Rules (Cap. 221 sub. leg. A) shall, subject to paragraph (2) and to such modifications as are necessary in the circumstances, apply to an appeal under section 12AB of the Ordinance.
(2) Rules 30 and 31 of the Criminal Appeal Rules (Cap. 221 sub. leg. A) shall not apply in relation to an order under section 12AA or an appeal under section 12AB of the Ordinance.

### Prevention of Bribery Ordinance 《防止賄賂條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance.

### Prevention of Bribery Ordinance 《防止賄賂條例》

3. Soliciting or accepting an advantage
Any prescribed officer who, without the general or special permission of the Chief Executive, solicits or accepts any advantage shall be guilty of an offence.
(Amended 1 of 2003 s. 3; 14 of 2003 s. 14)Editorial Note:
The Acceptance of Advantages (Chief Executive’s Permission) Notice 2010 was given by the Chief Executive and published as G.N. 1967 in the Government of the HKSAR Gazette (No. 14 Vol. 14) on 9 April 2010 for the purpose of this section.

### Prevention of Bribery Ordinance 《防止賄賂條例》

7. Bribery in relation to auctions
(1) Any person who, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, offers any advantage to any other person as an inducement to or reward for or otherwise on account of that other person’s refraining or having refrained from bidding at any auction conducted by or on behalf of any public body, shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) Any person who, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, solicits or accepts any advantage as an inducement to or reward for or otherwise on account of his refraining or having refrained from bidding at any auction conducted by or on behalf of any public body, shall be guilty of an offence.

8. Bribery of public servants by persons having dealings with public bodies
(1) Any person who, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, while having dealings of any kind with the Government through any department, office or establishment of the Government, offers any advantage to any prescribed officer employed in that department, office or establishment of the Government, shall be guilty of an offence. (Amended 14 of 2003 s. 16)
(2) Any person who, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, while having dealings of any kind with any other public body, offers any advantage to any public servant employed by that public body, shall be guilty of an offence.