### Registration of Persons Regulations 《人事登記規例》

25A. Exclusion of certain persons from the Ordinance
(1) A person to whom this regulation applies is excluded from the provisions of the Ordinance and shall not be registered nor provided with an identity card. 
(2) This regulation applies to—
(a) all persons previously resident in Vietnam who are permitted to remain in Hong Kong as refugees pending their resettlement elsewhere; and
(b) all persons who—
(i) are qualified to apply for a certificate of entitlement under section 2AB of the Immigration Ordinance (Cap. 115);
(ii) have not been issued with a certificate of entitlement within the meaning of the Immigration Ordinance (Cap.115); and
(iii) are residing for the time being in the Mainland of China. (124 of 1997 s. 11)
(3) For the purposes of subregulation (2)(b)(iii)—
(a) a person who—
(i) stays in Hong Kong without the authority of the Director of Immigration after landing in Hong Kong unlawfully; and
(ii) was ordinarily resident in the Mainland of China immediately before such landing,
shall be regarded as residing in the Mainland of China during such stay;
(b) a person who—
(i) has been given permission under section 11 of the Immigration Ordinance (Cap. 115) to land in Hong Kong;
(ii) is subject to the conditions of stay specified in regulation 2(1) or (2) of the Immigration Regulations (Cap. 115 sub. leg. A) during his stay in Hong Kong after such landing; and
(iii) was ordinarily resident in the Mainland of China immediately before such landing,
shall be regarded as residing in the Mainland of China during such stay. (124 of 1997 s. 11)
(L.N. 33 of 1980)

26. Fees
(1) The fees in Schedule 2 are hereby prescribed for the respective documents and matters enumerated therein, and shall be payable on demand: 
Provided that a registration officer may, when so instructed by the Chief Secretary for Administration, waive any or all fees in respect of any applicant or class or category of applicants. (L.N. 178 of 1987; L.N. 362 of 1997) 
(2) (Repealed L.N. 250 of 1991)

### Registration of Persons Regulations 《人事登記規例》

26A. Practice and procedure on appeals to the Tribunal
(1) Subject to subregulation (2), the practice and procedure on an appeal to the Tribunal under section 3D of the Ordinance shall be such as the chief adjudicator may determine. 
(2) Schedule 4 shall have effect for the purpose of regulating appeals to the Tribunal. 
(L.N. 178 of 1987)

27. Savings and transitional
(1) An identity card that is valid immediately prior to the commencement of the Registration of Persons (Amendment) Regulations 1987 (L.N. 178 of 1987) shall remain so until it ceases to be valid in accordance with the Ordinance, and the regulations, as amended by those regulations. 
(2) An identity card for which an application is made before the commencement of the Registration of Persons (Amendment) Regulations 1987 (L.N. 178 of 1987) may be issued as if those regulations had not been made, and—
(a) may be collected by the applicant, or sent to him by the registration officer, within 70 days of their commencement; or 
(b) if not so collected or delivered, may be destroyed, and the applicant shall thereupon be deemed not to have applied for the identity card. 
(3) An identity card that is valid immediately prior to the specified date shall remain so until it ceases to be valid in accordance with the Ordinance, and the regulations, as amended by the Registration of Persons (Amendment) Ordinance 2003 (9 of 2003). (9 of 2003 s. 19)
(4) An identity card for which an application is made before the specified date may be issued as if the Registration of Persons (Amendment) Ordinance 2003 (9 of 2003) had not been enacted and—
(a) may be collected by the applicant, or sent to him by the registration officer, within 70 days of the specified date; or
(b) if not so collected or delivered, may be destroyed, and the applicant shall thereupon be deemed not to have applied for the identity card. (9 of 2003 s. 19)
(L.N. 178 of 1987) 

### Deaths Registration (Special Registers) Ordinance 《死亡登記 (特設登記冊) 條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Deaths Registration (Special Registers) Ordinance.

### Deaths Registration (Special Registers) Ordinance 《死亡登記 (特設登記冊) 條例》

3. Death registers deemed lost
All the register books of deaths specified in Part I and Part II of the First Schedule are hereby deemed to have been permanently lost as from 25 December 1941.

4. Maintenance of registers and storage of information
(1) The Registrar shall maintain the following registers—
(a) No. 1 register (1896) in Form 1 in the Second Schedule;
(b) No. 2 register (1896) in Form 2 in the Second Schedule;
(c) No. 1 register (1934) in Form 1 in the Third Schedule; and
(d) No. 2 register (1934) in Form 2 in the Third Schedule.
(2) The registers shall be kept in the form of a digital image in the general register office. (Amended E.R. 3 of 2022)
(3) On the commencement* of the Births, Deaths and Marriages (Digital Image) Ordinance (8 of 2006), the special register books of deaths shall form part of the registers maintained by the Registrar under this section and be recorded in the form of a digital image by the Registrar. (Amended E.R. 3 of 2022)
(4) The Registrar shall cause the particulars of the entries contained in the special register books of deaths to be stored in the manner described in section 6A(3)(b).
(Replaced 8 of 2006 s. 32) Editorial Note:
* Commencement date: 27 August 2007.

4A. Disposal of special register books of deaths
Where—
(a) the special register books of deaths or any part of them has been recorded in the form of a digital image; and (Amended E.R. 3 of 2022)
(b) the particulars of the entries contained in such register books or such part of them have been stored in the manner described in section 6A(3)(b),
the Registrar may destroy or otherwise dispose of such register books or such part of them (as the case may be) in such manner as he thinks fit.
(Added 8 of 2006 s. 33)