### Laws (Loose-leaf Publication) Ordinance 1990 《1990年法例(活頁版)條例》

2A. Power to make editorial amendments
(1) The Secretary for Justice may, in an Ordinance— (Amended 26 of 2012 s. 21)
(aa) if a chapter number has been given to the Ordinance under section 2(2)(a)—alter the title, short title or citation of the Ordinance; (Added 17 of 2018 s. 29)
(a) replace a reference to the title, short title or citation of another Ordinance that has been altered under paragraph (aa), by the altered title, short title or citation; (Amended 26 of 2012 s. 21; 17 of 2018 s. 29)
(ab) after a reference to the title, short title or citation of another Ordinance—
(i) insert the chapter number given to that other Ordinance under section 2(2)(a) or the number of that other Ordinance among the Ordinances of the year in which it was published in the Gazette; and
(ii) if another reference of any other kind to that other Ordinance appears after the reference to the title, short title or citation—omit that other reference; (Replaced 17 of 2018 s. 29)
(b) correct a grammatical, clerical or typographical error;
(c) change the way of referring to or expressing a number, year, date, time, amount of money, quantity or measurement;
(d) alter the text of a provision to reflect an amendment to the provision deemed to have been made by another provision;
(e) omit any enacting, expired or spent provision;
(f) change the sequence of definitions, or of unnumbered items in a list;
(g) insert, after an item in a list appearing in the text of one official language, the equivalent of that item in the other official language;
(ga) if a word or expression is defined, or the construction of a reference to a word or expression is provided for, in the text of one official language, insert after that word or expression its equivalent in the other official language; (Added 26 of 2012 s. 21)
(h) change the format, layout, printing style or any other presentational aspect; and
(i) make an amendment that is consequential on any amendment made under this subsection (other than this paragraph).
(2) Subsection (1) does not permit any amendment that would change the legal effect of any Ordinance.
(3) An Ordinance amended under subsection (1), as published in the loose-leaf edition, must indicate in a suitable place the fact that it has been amended under subsection (1).
(Added 13 of 2011 s. 21)

### Laws (Loose-leaf Publication) Ordinance 1990 《1990年法例(活頁版)條例》

2B. Record of editorial amendments
(1) The Secretary for Justice must compile a record containing—
(a) descriptions of editorial amendments made; and
(b) other information that the Secretary for Justice considers useful to users of the record.
(2) The record is to be published—
(a) in the loose-leaf edition; and
(b) in a form that the Secretary for Justice considers appropriate.
(3) An Ordinance that is amended under section 2A(1) has effect for all purposes, on and after the effective date of the editorial amendment, as if the amendment had been made by another Ordinance that commenced on that date.
(4) The effective date of an editorial amendment—
(a) must not be a date which is earlier than the date on which the record containing a description of the amendment, as specified in subsection (1)(a), is first published under subsection (2); and
(b) must be specified in the record.
(5) In this section—
editorial amendment (編輯修訂) means an amendment to an Ordinance made under section 2A(1).
(Added 13 of 2011 s. 21)

3. Status of loose-leaf and booklets
Where any provision of an Ordinance appears in a page or booklet which purports to be published under the authority of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region pursuant to this Ordinance, then unless the contrary is proved— (Amended 39 of 1999 s. 3)
(a) the page or booklet is deemed to be so published; and
(b) the provision as so appearing is deemed to be correct.
(Amended L.N. 80 of 2012)

3A. Omission of Ordinances
(1) The Secretary for Justice may omit a verified Ordinance from the loose-leaf edition.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), an Ordinance is verified if a consolidated copy of the Ordinance, as published on an approved website, bears an official verification mark.
(3) In this section—
approved website (認可網站) has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Legislation Publication Ordinance (Cap. 614);
consolidated copy (編訂文本) has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Legislation Publication Ordinance (Cap. 614);
official verification mark (官方核證標記) has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Legislation Publication Ordinance (Cap. 614).
(Added 13 of 2011 s. 22)

### Revised Edition of the Laws Ordinance 1965 《1965年法例編正版條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Revised Edition of the Laws Ordinance 1965.

2. Interpretation
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—
commissioner (專員) means the person appointed under section 3;
effective date (有效日期) means the date specified by the Governor under subsection (1) of section 11 for the coming into operation of the revised edition;

Ordinance (條例) means—
(a) any Ordinance enacted by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and any subsidiary legislation made under or by virtue thereof; and
(b) any Proclamation of the British Military Administration and any subsidiary legislation made under or by virtue thereof;

revised edition (編正版) means the revised edition of the laws of Hong Kong prepared under the authority of section 3;
subsidiary legislation (附屬法例) means any proclamation, rule, regulation, order, resolution, notice, rule of court, by-law or other instrument made under or by virtue of any Ordinance or Proclamation, as the case may be, and having legislative effect.

3. Appointment of commissioner
The Governor may, by notice in the Gazette, appoint a commissioner who shall prepare a revised edition of the laws of Hong Kong.

4. Power of commissioner to omit
(1) In the preparation of the revised edition, the commissioner shall have power to omit—
(a) all Ordinances, or parts of Ordinances, which have been expressly repealed or which have expired or have become spent or have had their effect;
(b) all repealing provisions contained in Ordinances and all tables and lists of repealed Ordinances, whether contained in Schedules or otherwise;
(c) all preambles to Ordinances, where such omission can, in the opinion of the commissioner, conveniently be made;
(d) all provisions prescribing the date when an Ordinance or part of an Ordinance is to come into operation, where such omission can, in the opinion of the commissioner, conveniently be made;
(e) all amending Ordinances or parts thereof, where the amendments effected thereby have been embodied by the commissioner in the Ordinance to which they relate; and
(f) all enacting clauses.
(2) Any Ordinance or part thereof omitted from the revised edition in exercise of the powers conferred by subsection (1) may be proved by the production of any copy thereof by which the same could have been proved before the effective date.