### Child Abduction and Custody Ordinance 《擄拐和管養兒童條例》

20. Stay of custody application pending determination of proceedings under the Convention
(1) In this section—
custody application (管養權申請), in relation to a child, means an application relating to the merits of rights of custody of the child;
rights of custody (管養權) has the same meaning as in the provisions of the Convention set out in Schedule 1;
specified authority (指明當局) includes the Court of First Instance, the District Court, and a juvenile court within the meaning of the Juvenile Offenders Ordinance (Cap. 226).
(2) If a party to proceedings under the Convention in relation to a child knows that a custody application in relation to that child is pending in a specified authority, that party must file in the Registry of the High Court a notice containing a statement that sets out—
(a) the nature of the custody application; and
(b) that specified authority
(3) On receipt of that notice, the Registrar of the High Court must—
(a) give the specified authority notification of the proceedings under the Convention; and 
(b) subsequently give that authority notification of the result of those proceedings.
(4) On receipt by the specified authority of the notification under subsection (3)(a)—
(a) all further proceedings in the custody application are to be stayed until the final determination or final disposal of the proceedings under the Convention; and
(b) the specified authority must give the parties to that application notice of the stay.
(Added 16 of 2014 s. 13)

### Child Abduction and Custody Ordinance 《擄拐和管養兒童條例》

22. Notification of prohibition orders
(1) This section applies if—
(a) a prohibition order has been made in relation to a child; or
(b) an application for a prohibition order in relation to a child is pending, and the date for the hearing of the application has been fixed by the court.
(2) For the purposes of section 23—
(a) an applicant for a prohibition order may notify the Director of Immigration that the order has been made or, if the application is pending, the date for the hearing of the application has been fixed by the court; and
(b) an applicant for a prohibition order that has been revived after suspension may notify the Director of Immigration that the order has been revived.
(3) If an applicant has given a notification under subsection (2), the applicant must as far as practicable inform the following persons that the notification has been given—
(a) if a court order concerning the custody of or access to the child is in force—the person, or each of the persons, who has the custody of or access to the child under the order or who is exercising the rights of that custody or access; or
(b) if proceedings concerning the custody of or access to the child is pending in the court—each party to the proceedings.
(4) A failure to comply with subsection (3) does not affect the validity of a prohibition order or the operation of section 23.
(5) Subsection (6) applies if—
(a) a prohibition order has been varied on appeal or by the court that made the order;
(b) a prohibition order has been discharged or suspended on appeal or by the court that made the order;
(c) an application for a prohibition order has been rejected or withdrawn;
(d) the court that made the prohibition order has granted the leave under section 21(3)(a); or
(e) for a prohibition order that is made subject to an exception mentioned in section 21(3)(b)—the court that made the order has certified that the terms specified in the order have been complied with.
(6) For the purposes of section 23, an applicant for a prohibition order who has given a notification under subsection (2) must, or a person affected by the order or the application may, notify the Director of Immigration about the matter mentioned in subsection (5)(a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) (whichever is applicable).
(7) The notification under subsection (2) or (6) must be—
(a) given in a manner and form specified by the Director of Immigration; and
(b) accompanied by the supporting documents required by the Director of Immigration.

### Child Abduction and Custody Ordinance 《擄拐和管養兒童條例》

24. Rules of court for giving effect to Part 3
(1) The Rules Committee may make rules of court for giving effect to this Part as appears to the Committee to be necessary or expedient.
(2) The power to make rules of court under section 54 of the High Court Ordinance (Cap. 4), or section 72 of the District Court Ordinance (Cap. 336), includes power to make rules of court for the purposes of this Part.
(3) In this section—

Rules Committee (規則委員會) means—
(a) the Rules Committee constituted under section 55 of the High Court Ordinance (Cap. 4); or
(b) the District Court Rules Committee established under section 17 of the District Court Ordinance (Cap. 336).

### Estate Agents Ordinance 《地產代理條例》

1. Short title and commencement
(1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Estate Agents Ordinance.
(2) This Ordinance shall come into operation on a day to be appointed by the Secretary for Housing by notice in the Gazette, and different days may be so appointed for different provisions and for different purposes. (Amended L.N. 106 of 2002; L.N. 130 of 2007; L.N. 144 of 2022)

### Estate Agents Ordinance 《地產代理條例》

3. Exemptions
(1) The Authority may, with the approval of the Secretary, by order exempt any class or description of persons specified by it in the order from all of the provisions of this Ordinance or, as the case may be, from any 1 or more of such provisions as are so specified.
(2) The Authority shall cause an order under this section to be published in the Gazette.
(3) The provisions of this section are in addition to those of section 2(2).

4. The Authority
(1) There is hereby established a body to be known in the English language as the “Estate Agents Authority” and in the Chinese language as “地產代理監管局”. (Amended E.R. 1 of 2019)
(2) The Authority shall be a body corporate.
(3) The provisions contained in the Schedule apply to the Authority.

5. Principal functions of the Authority
The principal functions of the Authority are—
(a) to regulate and control the practice of estate agents and salespersons;
(b) to take such action as the Authority considers appropriate or necessary to promote integrity and competence amongst, or maintain or enhance the status of, estate agents and salespersons; and
(c) if it thinks fit, to liaise with educational institutions and training bodies for the purposes of the provision by or on behalf of such institutions or bodies of training courses which are designed to ensure competency or establish standards of conduct or which are otherwise relevant to estate agency work.

6. General powers, etc. of the Authority
(1) The Authority may do such things as are expedient for or conducive to the performance of its functions or which, in the opinion of the Authority, are necessary to facilitate the proper performance of those functions.
(2) Without affecting the generality of subsection (1), the Authority may—
(a) acquire, hold and dispose of property of any kind including land and grant leases of land (including parts of buildings);
(b) to such extent as it considers expedient, invest any of its moneys which are available for investment in such classes or descriptions of investment as the Financial Secretary may in writing specify for the purposes of this paragraph;
(c) subject to the approval of the Financial Secretary, borrow moneys, in such manner and on such terms and conditions as it thinks fit;
(d) accept gifts whether subject to any trust or other condition or not;
(e) settle any dispute referred to the Authority for determination under section 49.