### District Councils Ordinance 《區議會條例》

80. Period within which complaint or information is to be laid
Except as otherwise provided by this Ordinance, a complaint or information alleging the commission of an offence against this Ordinance must be laid within 3 years from the date of the alleged commission.

81. Chief Executive in Council may make regulations
(1) The Chief Executive in Council may make regulations for the better carrying out of the purposes of this Ordinance.
(2) In particular, a regulation under this section may provide for all or any of the following—
(a) the number or qualifications of subscribers required to complete a nomination form for a candidate; and (Amended 19 of 2023 s. 72)
(b) the amount that a candidate is required to lodge as a deposit at an election; and
(c) the forfeiture of the deposit if the candidate fails to obtain a prescribed proportion of the votes cast at the election and for the return of the deposit if the candidate obtains that proportion of votes at the election.
(3) A provision of a regulation may make it an offence, punishable by a fine not exceeding level 2, for a person to contravene a provision of the regulation.
(4) A regulation may—
(a) make different provisions for different circumstances and provide for a particular case or class of cases; and
(b) be made so as to apply only in specified circumstances; and
(c) prescribe fees for the purposes of the regulation.

82. Chief Executive in Council may amend Schedule 4A or 7
(Amended 1 of 2007 s. 7; 19 of 2023 s. 73)The Chief Executive in Council may, by order published in the Gazette, amend Schedule 4A or 7.
(Amended 1 of 2007 s. 7; 19 of 2023 s. 73)

84. Designated Officer to give notice of vacancy
If a vacancy arises in the membership of a member appointed under Division 1 of Part IV or an ex officio member, the Designated Officer must give notice of the vacancy in the Gazette within 21 days after becoming aware of the vacancy.
(Amended 3 of 2013 s. 12; 19 of 2023 s. 75)

85. Directions by Chief Executive to a District Council
(1) The Chief Executive may, after consultation with a District Council, give that Council directions of a general character, in the performance of its functions, in relation to matters which affect the public interest.
(2) A District Council must give effect to directions given under subsection (1).

### District Councils Ordinance 《區議會條例》

86. Protection of members
A member of a District Council or a committee shall not be subjected to any liability, action, claim or demand by reason of anything done bona fide for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Ordinance or any other enactment conferring functions on a District Council.

86A. Offence of false declaration
(1) A person commits an offence if the person—
(a) makes a statement that the person knows to be false in a material particular in a specified document;
(b) recklessly makes a statement that is incorrect in a material particular in a specified document; or
(c) knowingly omits a material particular from a specified document.
(2) A person commits an offence if the person, directly or indirectly, by himself or herself or by another person on his or her behalf, conspires with, incites, compels, induces, coerces, intimidates or persuades another person to—
(a) make a false statement in a specified document; or
(b) provide information that the person knows to be wrong in a material particular in a specified document.
(3) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) or (2) is liable on conviction to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(4) An offence under this section is to be an offence prescribed for the purposes of sections 14, 19 and 26A.
(5) In this section—
specified document (指明文件) means a registration form, declaration or any other document required or used for the purposes of Division 1 or 2 of Part IV.
(Added 19 of 2023 s. 76)

89. (Omitted as spent—E.R. 2 of 2014)

### Introduction of the Euro Ordinance 《採用歐羅條例》

1. Short title
(Amended E.R. 7 of 2020)(1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Introduction of the Euro Ordinance.
(2) (Omitted as spent—E.R. 7 of 2020)

2. Interpretation
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—
ECU (歐洲貨幣單位) means the European Currency Unit, which is the currency basket used from time to time as the unit of account of the European Communities;
Euro (歐羅) means the single currency of the participating member states from time to time of the European Union that adopt such currency in accordance with the Treaty on European Union signed on 7 February 1992 as amended;
introduction of the Euro (採用歐羅) means the adoption on or after 1 January 1999 of the Euro as the single currency of the participating member states from time to time of the European Union in accordance with the Treaty on European Union signed on 7 February 1992 as amended;
legal obligation (法律義務) includes any legal obligation arising under—
(a) any legislative provision, administrative action, judicial decision, contract, unilateral legal act or payment instrument other than bank notes and coins; or
(b) any other instrument, arrangement, transaction, decision or agreement with legal effect,
irrespective of whether the obligation is upon any individual, public body (whether or not it is a public body within the meaning of section 3 of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap. 1)), public authority, private body, organ or any other person.

3. References to ECU after introduction of Euro
(1) On the introduction of the Euro, where any legal obligation refers (whether directly or indirectly) to the ECU as defined in the European Council Regulation No. 3320/94, then that reference shall be deemed to be a reference to the Euro at a rate of one Euro to one ECU.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a reference in a legal obligation to the ECU shall be presumed to be a reference to the ECU as defined in the European Council Regulation No. 3320/94 unless it is otherwise expressly agreed or provided.

### Introduction of the Euro Ordinance 《採用歐羅條例》

4. Continuity of obligations
Unless it is otherwise expressly agreed or provided—
(a) in respect of a legal obligation; and
(b) by reference to the introduction of the Euro,
then it is hereby declared that—
(i) the introduction of the Euro and the changes consequential upon it;
(ii) the application of the law of currency (lex monetae principle) on or after the introduction of the Euro; or
(iii) the provisions of this Ordinance,
shall not have the effect of—
(A) discharging or excusing any performance required under the obligation; or
(B) giving any obligor or obligee under the obligation the right to alter or terminate the obligation unilaterally.

5. Saving
For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that section 4 shall not affect the operation of the law relating to the validity or enforceability of a legal obligation in any case where that section is not applicable.

### Land (Compulsory Sale for Redevelopment) Ordinance 《土地(為重新發展而強制售賣)條例》

1. Short title
(Amended E.R. 1 of 2021)(1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Land (Compulsory Sale for Redevelopment) Ordinance.
(2) (Omitted as spent—E.R. 1 of 2021)