### Subsidized Schools Provident Fund Rules 《津貼學校公積金規則》

13A. Account of deceased contributor kept open
(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of rule 13, the account of a deceased contributor shall be kept open and the amount of any dividends, declared in accordance with the provisions of rule 12, shall be credited to the deceased’s account for a maximum period expiring on the third anniversary of the date of death of the contributor or for the period from the date of death of the contributor to the date of the grant of probate or letters of administration, as the case may be, whichever is the earlier. (L.N. 233 of 1997)
(2) An account to which paragraph (1) applies is closed on—
(a) the third anniversary of the date of death of the contributor; or
(b) the date of the grant of probate or letters of administration in respect of the deceased,
whichever is the earlier. (L.N. 233 of 1997)
(L.N. 260 of 1995)

### Subsidized Schools Provident Fund Rules 《津貼學校公積金規則》

17. Reports on working of Fund
Notwithstanding any of the provisions of rule 16, whenever so required by the Chief Executive the Board shall submit to him through the Chief Secretary for Administration a report upon the operation of the Fund and an audited statement of the accounts of the Fund.
(L.N. 226 of 1976; L.N. 362 of 1997; 55 of 2000 s. 3)

18. Determination of disputes
Any dispute arising under these rules shall be determined by the Board:
Provided that any person who considers himself aggrieved by any decision of the Board may within 28 days from the date when he was informed of the decision, appeal to the Administrative Appeals Board.(6 of 1994 s. 51)

### Education (Exemption) Order 《敎育(豁免)令》

1. Citation
This Order may be cited as the Education (Exemption) Order.

2. Exemption from compliance
Every school which is carried on in any vessel shall be exempt from the provision of section 11(b)(ii) of the Education Ordinance (Cap. 279) and of Part II of the Education Regulations (Cap. 279 sub. leg. A), other than regulation 5, regulation 9(1) and (2) and regulation 10, so long as such school complies with the conditions set forth in the Schedule hereto.
(L.N. 106 of 1971)  

### Medical (Therapy, Education and Research) Ordinance 《醫學(治療、敎育及研究)條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Medical (Therapy, Education and Research) Ordinance.

2. Removal of parts of body or specified parts in accordance with a request
If any person, either in writing at any time or orally in the presence of 2 or more witnesses during his last illness, has expressed a request that his body or any specified part of his body be used after his death for therapeutic purposes or for purposes of medical education or research—
(a) the person who has lawful possession of his body after his death may, unless he has reason to believe that the request was subsequently withdrawn, authorize in writing the removal from the body of any part or, as the case may be, of the specified part, for use in accordance with the request; and
(b) an authorization validly given under paragraph (a) shall remain valid notwithstanding any objection by the next of kin of the person who has expressed the request to the body being dealt with in accordance with the request after the death.
(Replaced 68 of 1995 s. 58)

3. Removal of parts of body where no request and deceased dies in hospital
(1) Without prejudice to section 2, the person who has lawful possession of the body of a deceased person who has died in a hospital, nursing home or other similar institution, may authorize in writing the removal of any part from the body for use for therapeutic purposes or for purposes of medical education or research, if—
(a) he has obtained the written consent of the registered next of kin of the deceased; and
(b) having made such reasonable inquiries from the registered next of kin as may be practicable, he has no reason to believe—
(i) that the deceased had expressed an objection to his body being so dealt with after his death, and had not withdrawn it; or
(ii) that the surviving spouse or any surviving parent or child of the deceased objects to the body being so dealt with.
(2) For the purposes of this section, registered next of kin (經登記的最近親), in relation to a person who dies in a hospital, nursing home or other similar institution, means the person who is recorded as the next of kin of the deceased in any form or document made out at the time of or after the admission of the deceased into such hospital, nursing home or other similar institution.

### Medical (Therapy, Education and Research) Ordinance 《醫學(治療、敎育及研究)條例》

4. Authorized removal to be lawful
(1) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), where an authorization has been given in respect of the body of a deceased person under section 2 or 3, the removal and use of any part of the body in accordance with such authorization shall be lawful.
(2) Such authorization shall not be questioned or challenged in any court.
(3) No such removal shall be effected except by a registered medical practitioner, who shall have satisfied himself by personal examination of the body that life is extinct.
(4) Where a person has reason to believe that under the Coroners Ordinance (Cap. 504) a coroner may hold an inquest into the cause of the death of any person or order a post-mortem examination, he shall not, except with the consent of the coroner— (Amended 27 of 1997 s. 77)
(a) give an authorization in respect of the body of that person under section 2 or 3; or
(b) act on such an authorization given by any other person.

5. Power to give authorization
(1) No person who has been entrusted with the body of a deceased person for the purposes of its burial or cremation shall give an authorization under section 2 or 3.
(2) In the case of the body of a deceased person lying in a hospital, nursing home or other similar institution, any authorization under section 2 or 3 may be given on behalf of the person having the control and management of the hospital, nursing home or institution by any officer or other person designated for that purpose by the person having such control and management.

6. Saving
Nothing in this Ordinance shall be construed as rendering unlawful any dealing with, or with any part of, the body of a deceased person which would have been lawful if this Ordinance had not been enacted.