### Independent Commission Against Corruption Ordinance 《廉政公署條例》

16. Audit
(1) The Director of Audit shall at any time be entitled to have access to all accounts maintained under section 15(1) and he may require such information and explanation thereon as he thinks fit.
(2) The Director of Audit shall audit the statement of accounts prepared under section 15(2) and report thereon to the Chief Executive. (Amended 1 of 2003 s. 3)

17. Annual report
(1) The Commissioner shall, on or before 31 March in each year, or by such later date as the Chief Executive may allow, submit to the Chief Executive a report on the activities of the Commission in the previous year.
(2) The Chief Executive shall cause the report to be laid on the table of the Legislative Council.
(Amended 1 of 2003 s. 3)

17A. Welfare fund
(1) There shall be established a fund to be known as the “Independent Commission Against Corruption Welfare Fund”.
(2) The fund shall consist of—
(a) such donations and voluntary contributions as may be made thereto;
(b) such sums as may, from time to time, be voted thereto by the Legislative Council; and
(c) such sums as may accrue by way of dividend or interest from the investment of the fund or any part thereof.
(3) The fund shall be controlled by the Commissioner and applied to the following purposes—
(a) procuring for officers of the Commission and other persons employed by the Commission or for former officers or persons so employed who have ceased employment or retired on pension, gratuity or other allowance, comforts, conveniences or other benefits not chargeable to the general revenue;
(b) granting loans to officers of the Commission and other persons employed by the Commission or former officers of the Commission and other persons formerly employed by the Commission who have ceased to be employed or retired on pension, gratuity or other allowance;
(c) making grants to persons who were wholly or partially dependent at the time of his death on—
(i) a deceased officer or a deceased former officer of the Commission who had ceased to be employed or had retired on pension, gratuity or other allowance; or
(ii) a deceased person employed by the Commission or a deceased person who was at any time employed by the Commission and who had ceased to be employed or had retired on pension, gratuity or other allowance,
and who are in need of financial assistance, whether towards the payment of funeral expenses of the deceased or otherwise.
(Added 27 of 1980 s. 7)

18. Saving of certain common law privileges
Nothing in this Ordinance shall prejudice any claim to privilege which any person may have at common law in relation to any communication, document or other thing made or given to a solicitor or counsel.
(Added 14 of 1976 s. 5)

### Independent Commission Against Corruption Ordinance 《廉政公署條例》

18A. Investigation of pre-1977 offences
(1) Notwithstanding section 12, the Commissioner shall not act as required by paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of that section in respect of alleged or suspected offences committed before 1 January 1977 except in relation to—
(a) persons not in Hong Kong or against whom a warrant of arrest was outstanding on 5 November 1977;
(b) any person who before 5 November 1977 had been interviewed by an officer and to whom allegations had been put that he had committed an offence;
(c) an offence which the Chief Executive considers sufficiently heinous to warrant action.
(2) A certificate under the hand of the Chief Secretary for Administration stating the fact that the Chief Executive considers an offence sufficiently heinous to warrant action shall be conclusive evidence of that fact. (Amended L.N. 362 of 1997)
(Added 9 of 1978 s. 2. Amended 1 of 2003 s. 3)

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

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Volunteer and Naval Volunteer Pensions Ordinance.

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

3. Pensions Assessment Board
(1) There is hereby established a board to be known as the Pensions Assessment Board.
(2) The Board shall consist of—
(a) the Director of Accounting Services, who shall be the Chairman;
(b) the Director of Health or such a public officer of the rank of Principal Medical and Health Officer or above as may be nominated by him as his representative; and
(c) not more than 3 members, each being appointed by the Chief Executive. (Amended 17 of 1999 s. 3)
(3) Notice of any appointment under subsection (2)(c) shall be published in the Gazette.
(4) A member of the Board who is appointed under subsection (2)(c)—
(a) shall hold office for such period and upon such terms as the Chief Executive may determine;
(b) may resign at any time by giving notice in writing to the Chief Executive;
(c) may be removed from office by the Chief Executive if the Chief Executive is satisfied that such member is incapacitated by physical or mental illness or is otherwise unable or unfit to perform the function of a member of the Board. (Amended 17 of 1999 s. 3)
(5) The Board shall meet as often as the Chairman may determine to be necessary for the performance of any of its functions and the exercise of any of its powers under this Ordinance.
(6) The Board shall not transact business at a meeting other than to adjourn unless there is a quorum of 3 members of the Board present.
(7) A decision of the Board shall be that of the majority of the members of the Board who are in attendance or, if there is no majority, that of the Chairman.
(8) Subject to this section, the Board may determine its own procedure.
(Replaced 56 of 1997 s. 5)

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

4. Functions and powers of Board
(1) The Board shall perform such functions as are imposed or conferred on it under this Ordinance.
(2) The Board may do all such things as are necessary for, or incidental or conducive to, the better performance of its functions under this Ordinance, and in particular but without limiting the generality of the foregoing may—
(a) establish such committees as the Board sees fit to assist the Board in the performance of its functions and the exercise of its powers under this Ordinance;
(b) appoint such persons as the Board sees fit, including persons who are not members of the Board, to any of the committees established under paragraph (a);
(c) liaise with or consult such persons or authorities (whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere) as the Board considers necessary or expedient for the performance of its functions and the exercise of its powers under this Ordinance;
(d) publish from time to time and make available for inspection explanatory notes and guidelines in respect of the payment of any grant, whether by way of pension, gratuity or other allowance, under this Ordinance.
(Replaced 56 of 1997 s. 5)

5. Disablement due to service
In the case of the disablement due to service of a qualified person, any grant payable in connection therewith under this Part, whether by way of pension, gratuity or other allowance, shall, subject to other provisions of this Ordinance, be payable to the qualified person.
(Replaced 56 of 1997 s. 5)

6. Assessment of degree of disablement
The degree of disablement of a qualified person shall be the degree of disablement due to service of the qualified person, as assessed in accordance with the principles of assessment set out in Part I of Schedule 2.
(Replaced 56 of 1997 s. 5)

7. Disablement pension
Where the degree of disablement of a qualified person is not less than 20%, there shall, subject to section 9, be payable by way of pension a grant at such rate set out in column 2 of Schedule 3 as is appropriate to his degree of disablement and his rank.