### Revised Edition of the Laws Ordinance 1965 《1965年法例編正版條例》

16. Publication of lists of titles of current laws
The Attorney General shall, as soon as practicable after any date specified in any notice published under subsection (4) of section 15, cause to be published in the Gazette a list of the titles of all Ordinances in force in Hong Kong and the year of the last published edition thereof.

17. Distribution of revised edition
(1) Copies of the revised edition compiled in the manner provided by section 8 and of any booklet published under section 13 or 14 shall be distributed without charge to such persons, officers, departments and institutions as the Governor may direct. (Amended 72 of 1971 s. 3)
(2) There shall be offered to the public such number of copies so compiled and booklets so prepared at such price as the Governor may direct.
(3) Any person may, on payment of such fee as the Governor may direct, become entitled to receive a copy of each booklet published under section 13 or 14 and issued in any one year. (Amended 72 of 1971 s. 3)
(4) The Government Printer shall, on the application of a subscriber, supply him with all the booklets to which he is entitled.

18. Rectification of errors
(1) The Secretary for Justice may, by order published in the Gazette, rectify any clerical or printing error appearing in the revised edition or in any booklet published under section 13 or 14, or rectify in a manner not inconsistent with the powers of revision conferred by this Ordinance any other error so appearing. (Amended L.N. 362 of 1997)
(2) Every order made under this section shall be laid on the table of the Legislative Council without unreasonable delay, and, if a resolution is passed at the first sitting of the Legislative Council held not less than 27 days after the sitting at which the order is so laid that the order be annulled, it shall thenceforth be void, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder, or to the making of a new order.
(3) In this section, sitting (會議), when used to calculate time, means the day on which the sitting commences and only includes a sitting at which subsidiary legislation is included on the order paper. (Added 89 of 1993 s. 37)
(Amended 72 of 1971 s. 3; 3 of 1981 s. 2)

### Revised Edition of the Laws Ordinance 1965 《1965年法例編正版條例》

19. Construction of references to repealed or amended Ordinances
Whenever in any Ordinance, or in any document of whatever kind, any reference is made to any provision of any Ordinance affected by or under the operation of this Ordinance, the reference shall, where necessary and practicable, be construed as a reference to the corresponding provision in the revised edition or in any booklet published under section 13 or 14.
(Amended 72 of 1971 s. 3)

20. Expenses of preparation and publication
The Governor may, by warrant addressed to the Director of Accounting Services, direct the payment of all expenses of and incidental to the preparation, publication, distribution and sale of the revised edition and of booklets published under section 13 or 14.
(Amended 72 of 1971 s. 3; L.N. 16 of 1977; L.N. 453 of 1993)

21. Application
(1) Section 13 shall, after this section comes into operation*, be read as though the references therein to “every year” were references to “1990”.
(2) Section 13(2) does not apply in respect of any amendment enacted or coming into operation after 31 December 1989.
(Added 51 of 1990 s. 7) Editorial Note:
* Operation date: 13 July 1990.

### Sale of Goods (United Nations Convention) Ordinance 《貨物銷售(聯合國公約)條例》

1. Short title
(Amended E.R. 1 of 2023)(1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Sale of Goods (United Nations Convention) Ordinance.
(2) (Omitted as spent—E.R. 1 of 2023)

2. Interpretation
In this Ordinance—
Convention (《公約》) means the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods done at Vienna on 11 April 1980, as set out in the Schedule.

3. Application to Government
This Ordinance applies to the Government.

4. Convention has force of law in Hong Kong
The Convention has the force of law in Hong Kong.

5. Ordinance or Convention to prevail in event of inconsistency with other laws
If there is any inconsistency between this Ordinance or the Convention and any other law, this Ordinance or the Convention prevails to the extent of the inconsistency.

### Mercury Control Ordinance 《汞管制條例》

1. Short title
(Amended E.R. 1 of 2022)(1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Mercury Control Ordinance.
(2) (Omitted as spent—E.R. 1 of 2022)

### Mercury Control Ordinance 《汞管制條例》

3. Meaning of mercury-added product and regulated mercury-added product
(1) In this Ordinance, a mercury-added product is a thing that contains intentionally added mercury or mercury compounds, irrespective of whether the thing is to be further incorporated into another thing as a component.
(2) In this Ordinance, a regulated mercury-added product is a mercury-added product falling within a description in column 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 3.
(3) For the purposes of this Ordinance, as long as a regulated mercury-added product (component part

4. Presumptions concerning Part 1 chemical, Part 2 chemical and regulated mercury-added product
(1) For the purposes of this Ordinance, if any of the relevant materials of a thing shows that the thing falls within a description in column 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 1, the thing is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, presumed to be a Part 1 chemical.
(2) For the purposes of this Ordinance, if any of the relevant materials of a thing shows that the thing falls within a description in column 2 of Part 2 of Schedule 1, the thing is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, presumed to be a Part 2 chemical.
(3) For the purposes of this Ordinance and subject to section 3(3), if any of the relevant materials of a thing shows that the thing falls within a description in column 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 3, the thing is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, presumed to be a regulated mercury-added product.
(4) In this section—
relevant materials (相關材料), in relation to a thing, means—(a) labels or packaging of the thing; or
(b) other documents, provided by the manufacturer, importer, exporter or supplier of the thing, containing information, descriptions or statements about the thing.

5. Ordinance applies to Government
(1) This Ordinance applies to the Government.
(2) The Government is not liable to be prosecuted for an offence under this Ordinance.
(3) An act done, or omitted to be done, by a public officer in good faith in performing or purportedly performing a function under this Ordinance does not constitute an offence under this Ordinance.
(4) No prescribed fee is payable by the Government.