### Public Officers (Assignment of Emoluments) Ordinance 《公職人員(轉付薪酬)條例》

6. Revocation of Assignments
(1) Notwithstanding section 3(2), an assignment made by a public officer under section 3(1) shall be revoked—
(a) by the death of the officer;
(b) by the expiration of the period of the assignment approved by an authorized officer under section 3(1) or the repayment of the loan to which the assignment relates, whichever is the sooner;
(c) by the making against the officer of an order under the Bankruptcy Ordinance (Cap. 6) adjudging him bankrupt.
(2) Notwithstanding section 3(2), a public officer who has made an assignment under section 3(1) may, with the written approval of an authorized officer—
(a) amend the assignment;
(b) suspend the operation of the assignment; or
(c) revoke the assignment.
(3) An authorized officer shall not give approval for the purposes of subsection (2) until he has taken all reasonable steps to consult the assignee and taken into account any representation made by the assignee.

7. Government not to be liable in respect of assignments
No action shall lie against the Government or any public officer (not being the public officer who made an assignment under section 3(1))—
(a) by any public officer or any person claiming on behalf of any public officer in respect of any deduction or payment of his emoluments in pursuance of an assignment made under section 3(1) or an amended assignment under section 6(2)(a) or in respect of the exercise of any of the powers conferred by section 6(2);
(b) by any person for failure to make any deduction or payment from the emoluments of any public officer in pursuance of an assignment made under section 3(1) or an amended assignment under section 6(2)(a) or in respect of any approval given under section 6(2). (Amended L.N. 446 of 1994)

8. Assignment not to prejudice tax and debts due to Government
Nothing in this Ordinance nor any assignment under this Ordinance shall prejudice any right or process of recovery of tax by the Commissioner of Inland Revenue, nor any right of the Government to recover any moneys or debt due to it, whether by deduction from a public officer’s emoluments or otherwise.

### Trade Descriptions (Definition of Platinum) Regulations 《商品說明(白金的定義)規例》

1. Citation
These regulations may be cited as the Trade Descriptions (Definition of Platinum) Regulations.

2. Interpretation
In these regulations—
fineness (純度) means the number of parts by weight of platinum in 1 000 parts by weight of alloy;
standard of fineness (純度標準) means a standard of fineness specified in the First Schedule.

### Trade Descriptions (Definition of Platinum) Regulations 《商品說明(白金的定義)規例》

3. Definition of platinum
(1) The expression platinum, 白金 or 鉑金, when used in any trade or business other than for articles described in the Second Schedule, means platinum or a platinum alloy having a standard of fineness specified in the First Schedule.
(1A) The expression 足白金 or 足鉑金, when used in any trade or business other than for articles described in the Second Schedule, means platinum or a platinum alloy of a fineness of not less than 990 parts in 1 000 parts by weight of alloy. (L.N. 84 of 2008)
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the letters PT and Arabic numerals indicating the fineness of platinum content or the expression 足白金 or 足鉑金, when used in any trade or business, mean platinum or platinum alloy of a fineness by weight of not less than the fineness specified by the marking. (E.R. 6 of 2019)
(3) An article shall not be described as “platinum”, “platinum alloy”, “白金”, “白金合金”, “鉑金” or “鉑金合金” if it is of a fineness of less than 850 parts of platinum in 1 000 parts by weight of alloy.
(4) The solder used in an article described as “platinum” or by the letters “PT” and Arabic numerals indicating fineness of platinum content or the expression “足白金” or “足鉑金” shall not be less than 95 per cent by weight of gold, platinum, palladium or silver or a combination of 2 or more of them and shall not be less than 50 per cent by weight of gold, platinum or palladium or a combination of 2 or more of them. (E.R. 6 of 2019)
(5) If an article with a surface treatment of platinum is marked with words describing the treatment which include “platinum”, the other words in the description— (L.N. 84 of 2008)
(a) shall be in English; and
(b) shall not be less prominent than the word “platinum”.
(6) If an article with a surface treatment of platinum is marked with words describing the treatment which include the characters “白金” or “鉑金”, the other words in the description—
(a) shall be in Chinese; and
(b) shall not be less prominent than the characters “白金” or “鉑金”, as the case may be. (L.N. 84 of 2008)
(L.N. 84 of 2008) 

### Trade Descriptions (Marking) (Platinum) Order 《商品說明(標記)(白金)令》

1. Citation
This order may be cited as the Trade Descriptions (Marking) (Platinum) Order.

2. Interpretation
(1) In this order, unless the context otherwise requires—
fineness (純度) means the number of parts by weight of platinum in 1 000 parts by weight of alloy;
platinum (白金) has the meaning given to it under the Trade Descriptions (Definition of Platinum) Regulations (Cap. 362 sub. leg. B);
standard of fineness (純度標準) means any one of the standards of fineness specified in Schedule 1.
(2) For the purpose of construing markings relating to the fineness of platinum, a description which—
(a) consists of the letters “PT” and Arabic numerals indicating that an article, or metal in an article, is so many parts per 1 000; or (E.R. 6 of 2019)
(b) indicates that an article, or metal in an article, is “足白金 “ or “足鉑金”, (L.N. 83 of 2008) 
shall be presumed to be an indication that the article or metal is of platinum, and that its fineness is that specified in Schedule 1 for that number of parts.

3. Prohibition on supply of unmarked articles
No person shall supply or offer to supply an article of platinum in the course of any trade or business at retail level unless it is marked in accordance with this order.
(L.N. 83 of 2008)

4. Marking of articles
(1) Subject to subparagraph (3), every article of platinum that is supplied or offered for supply in the course of any trade or business at retail level shall bear a mark consisting of— (L.N. 83 of 2008)
(a) the letters “PT” and Arabic numerals; or (E.R. 6 of 2019)
(b) the Chinese characters “足白金” or “足鉑金”, (L.N. 83 of 2008)
according to the fineness of the article being a standard of fineness specified in Schedule 1.
(2) Each letter, number or character of the mark specified in subparagraph (1) shall not be smaller than 0.5 mm2 in size.
(3) This paragraph shall not apply to any article specified in Schedule 2.