### Outer Space Ordinance 《外層空間條例》

14. Offences
(1) A person who—
(a) carries on an activity in contravention of section 4;
(b) for the purpose of obtaining a licence for himself or for another, knowingly or recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular;
(c) being the holder of a licence, fails to comply with the conditions of the licence;
(d) fails to comply with a direction under section 10;
(e) intentionally obstructs a person in the exercise of powers conferred by a warrant issued under section 11; or
(f) fails to comply with such regulations as may be made under this Ordinance,
commits an offence.
(2) A person who commits an offence is liable on conviction on indictment to a fine and on summary conviction to a fine at level 6.
(3) Where an offence committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to neglect on the part of, a director, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or a person purporting to act in any such capacity, he as well as the body corporate is guilty of the offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
(4) Proceedings for an offence committed outside Hong Kong may be taken, and the offence may for all purposes be treated as having been committed in Hong Kong if the offence is committed by a permanent resident of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region or a body corporate incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong. (Amended 28 of 1998 s. 2)
(5) In proceedings for an offence under subsection (1)(a), (c), (d) or (f) it shall be a defence for the accused to show that he used all due diligence and took all reasonable precautions to avoid the commission of the offence.
(6) A person other than a permanent resident of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region or a body corporate incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong is not guilty of an offence in respect of things done by him outside Hong Kong, except— (Amended 28 of 1998 s. 2)
(a) an offence of aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring, conspiracy or incitement in relation to the commission of an offence in Hong Kong; or
(b) an offence under subsection (3) in connection with an offence committed by a body corporate incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong.
(7) In subsection (3), director (董事), in relation to a body corporate whose affairs are managed by its members, includes a member of the body corporate.

### Outer Space Ordinance 《外層空間條例》

15. Repeals and savings
(1) The Outer Space Act 1986 (Hong Kong) Order 1990 (L.N. 118 of 1990) is repealed.
(2) Any licence granted, any register maintained and any direction given by the Governor under the Outer Space Act 1986 (Hong Kong) Order 1990 (L.N. 118 of 1990) and any regulations made by the Governor in Council under that Order before the commencement* of this Ordinance shall be valid and effective as if granted, maintained or made under this Ordinance.
(3)  Sections 23, 24 and 25 of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap. 1) shall apply in relation to the repeal effected by subsection (1) as they apply in relation to the repeal of an Ordinance.

### Registered Designs Ordinance 《註冊外觀設計條例》

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

### Registered Designs Ordinance 《註冊外觀設計條例》

3. Ownership of designs
(1) Subject to subsections (2) to (5), the designer of a design shall be treated for the purposes of this Ordinance as the original owner of the design.
(2) Where a design is created in pursuance of a commission for money or money’s worth, the person commissioning the design shall, subject to any contrary agreement between the parties, be treated as the original owner of the design.
(3) Where, in a case not falling within subsection (2), a design is created by an employee in the course of his employment, his employer shall, subject to any contrary agreement between the parties, be treated as the original owner of the design.
(4) Where a design, or the right to apply a design to any article, becomes vested, whether by assignment, transmission or operation of law, in any person other than the original owner, either alone or jointly with the original owner, that other person or, as the case may be, the original owner and that other person, shall be treated for the purposes of this Ordinance as the owner of the design or as the owner of the design in relation to that article.
(5) In the case of a design generated by computer in circumstances such that there is no human designer, the person by whom the arrangements necessary for the creation of the design are made shall be deemed to be the designer.

4. Application
(Replaced 2 of 2009 s. 7)Subject to Part IV, this Ordinance applies to the Government and the Offices set up by the Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
(Amended 2 of 2009 s. 7)

5. New designs are registrable
(1) Subject to this Ordinance, a design which is new may, upon application by the person claiming to be the owner, be registered in respect of any article or set of articles specified in the application.
(2) A design for which an application for registration is made shall not be regarded as new if it is the same as—
(a) a design that has been registered in pursuance of a prior application, whether or not that design has been registered in respect of the same article for which the application is made or in respect of any other article; or
(b) a design that has been published in Hong Kong or elsewhere before the filing date of the application, whether or not that design has been published in respect of the same article for which the application is made or in respect of any other article,
or if it differs from such a design only in immaterial details or in features which are variants commonly used in the trade.
(3) The Registrar may, in such cases as may be prescribed, direct that for the purpose of deciding whether a design is new an application for registration shall be treated as made on a date earlier or later than that on which it was in fact made.