### Coinage Ordinance 《硬幣條例》

1. Short title
(Amended E.R. 5 of 2020)(1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Coinage Ordinance.
(2) (Omitted as spent—E.R. 5 of 2020)

2. Legal tender coins
(1) The Chief Executive in Council may, by order, authorize the issue of coins with the design and of the denomination, composition, standard weight and remedy allowance specified in the order, and such coins shall, provided they have not been dealt with in any manner prohibited by law, be legal tender for payment as follows— (Amended 68 of 1999 s. 3)
(a) for coins of denominations of not less than $1, for the payment of an amount not exceeding $100;
(b) for coins of denominations of less than $1, for the payment of an amount not exceeding $2.
(2) Each coin shall be legal tender only for the amount of its denomination.
(3) A coin shall be deemed to have been dealt with in a manner prohibited by law where the coin has been impaired, diminished or lightened otherwise than by fair wear and tear or has been defaced by having any name, word or mark stamped or engraved thereon or by cutting, punching or chopping in any way whatever.
(4) The Chief Executive in Council may make regulations providing that any coin which has been dealt with in a manner prohibited by law may be called in, cut, broken, defaced or disposed of in accordance with such regulations. (Amended 68 of 1999 s. 3)

3. Legal tender coins to continue
Any coins that were, on the day immediately preceding the day that this Ordinance comes into operation*, legal tender in Hong Kong, shall be deemed to have been authorized for issue under this Ordinance.

Editorial Note:
* Commencement date: 30 December 1994.

4. Demonetizing coins
The Chief Executive in Council may at any time, by order, declare that any coins which are legal tender in Hong Kong shall cease to be legal tender from a date specified in the order and such coins shall accordingly cease to be legal tender from such date.

(Amended 68 of 1999 s. 3)

5. Minting of coins
The Financial Secretary may appoint a person, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere, to mint the coins that have been authorized to be issued under this Ordinance and the Financial Secretary may make the appointment on such terms as he thinks fit.

### Coinage Ordinance 《硬幣條例》

6. Demonetization of the one cent currency note
(1) Subject to subsection (2), where the Financial Secretary, under section 7 of the Dollar and Subsidiary Currency Notes Ordinance (Cap. 67), demonetizes the one cent currency note, the holder of any one cent currency notes shall, on surrendering them to the Director of Accounting Services, be paid from the general revenue of Hong Kong an amount in legal tender equal to their face value.
(2) Where the aggregate value of the currency notes is—
(a) less than 10 cents, nothing shall be paid for them;
(b) 10 cents or more, payment shall be made for each multiple of 10 currency notes but, with respect to any portion left over which is not a multiple of 10, nothing shall be paid for them.

### Minor Employment Claims Adjudication Board Ordinance 《小額薪酬索償仲裁處條例》

1. Short title
(Amended E.R. 4 of 2020)(1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Minor Employment Claims Adjudication Board Ordinance.
(2) (Omitted as spent—E.R. 1 of 2013)

2. Interpretation
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—
adjudication officer (仲裁官) means an adjudication officer appointed under section 4(1);
authorized officer (獲授權人員) means a public officer who has been authorized by the Commissioner under section 4(6) to assist in conciliation under this Ordinance;
Board (仲裁處) means the Minor Employment Claims Adjudication Board established by section 3;
claim (申索) means a proceeding before the Board between a claimant and a defendant;
claimant (申索人) means a person seeking relief other than—
(a) a defendant entering a counterclaim; and
(b) a person who is being represented in a representative claim;

Commissioner (處長) means the Commissioner for Labour;
conciliation (調停) means a discussion or action initiated or undertaken by an authorized officer for the purpose of reaching a settlement of a dispute in respect of which a claim may be brought; (Amended 15 of 2012 s. 11)
contract of employment (僱傭合約) means—
(a) an agreement, whether express or implied by law, whereby one person agrees to employ another and that other agrees to serve his employer as an employee whether payment is to be on a price, task or time basis and wherever the services are to be rendered; and
(b) a contract of apprenticeship;

defendant (被告人) means a person against whom relief is sought by a claimant other than—
(a) a person against whom relief is sought by way of counterclaim; and
(b) a person who is being represented in a representative claim;

employee (僱員) means a person who has agreed to serve as an employee under a contract of employment;
Labour Tribunal (勞資審裁處) means the Labour Tribunal established by section 3 of the Labour Tribunal Ordinance (Cap. 25);
party (當事人) means a claimant or defendant and any person joined as a third party;
registrar (案務主任) means the registrar of the Board;
representative claim (代表申索) means a claim brought in the name of one claimant on behalf of himself and one or more other claimants;
Small Claims Tribunal (小額錢債審裁處) means the Small Claims Tribunal established by section 3 of the Small Claims Tribunal Ordinance (Cap. 338).

### Minor Employment Claims Adjudication Board Ordinance 《小額薪酬索償仲裁處條例》

3. Establishment of the Board
(1) There is hereby established a Board to be known as the “Minor Employment Claims Adjudication Board”. (Amended E.R. 4 of 2020)
(2) The Board shall consist of such adjudication officers as may be appointed under section 4.
(3) The Board shall have such jurisdiction and powers as are conferred on it by this or any other Ordinance.
(4) Any power conferred on the Board by this Ordinance may be exercised by an adjudication officer.
(5) All proceedings before the Board shall be inquired into, heard and determined by an adjudication officer sitting alone.

4. Appointment of adjudication officers and other officers
(1) The Commissioner may appoint such number of public officers as he considers necessary to be adjudication officers.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), an appointment made under subsection (1) may be given retrospective effect.
(3) No person appointed as an adjudication officer shall discharge any function as such before the date of the instrument by which he is appointed or before the requirements of section 17 of the Oaths and Declarations Ordinance (Cap. 11) have been fulfilled. (Amended L.N. 650 of 1994)
(4) There shall be attached to the Board a registrar and such number of deputy or assistant registrars, clerks and other officers as the Commissioner may consider necessary.
(5) Any act which under this Ordinance or any other enactment is required or authorized to be done by the registrar may be performed by a deputy registrar or assistant registrar of the Board.
(6) The Commissioner may authorize any public officer to assist in conciliation.