### Limitation Ordinance 《時效條例》

38A. Transitional provisions relating to 1991 amendments
(1) The time for bringing proceedings in respect of a cause of action—
(a) to recover any land;
(b) to redeem mortgaged land;
(c) to recover any principal sum of money secured by a mortgage or other charge on property, or to recover proceeds of the sale of land; or
(d) to foreclose on mortgaged personal property,
which accrued before 1 July 1991 shall, if it has not then already expired, expire at the time when it would have expired apart from the provisions of the Limitation (Amendment) Ordinance 1991 (31 of 1991).
(2) Nothing in section 22A, 31 or 32 shall—
(a) enable any action to be brought which was barred by this Ordinance before 1 July 1991; or
(b) affect any action commenced before 1 July 1991.
(3) Subject to subsection (2), sections 22A, 31 and 32 shall have effect in relation to causes of action accruing before, as well as in relation to causes of action accruing on or after, 1 July 1991.
(Added 31 of 1991 s. 14)[cf. 1980 c. 58 s. 4 U.K.]

39. Cessations of application
The imperial enactments set out in the first column of the Schedule shall, to the extent specified in the second column thereof, cease to apply in the Colony.

40. Saving
This Ordinance shall not apply to any action or arbitration for which a period of limitation is prescribed by or under any other Ordinance or any imperial enactment, or to any action or arbitration to which the Crown is a party and for which, if it were between subjects, a period of limitation would be prescribed by or under any other enactment.
(Amended 67 of 1976 s. 8)

### Trading with the Enemy Ordinance (words omitted as spent—E.R. 2 of 2014) 《與敵貿易條例》

1. Short title
(Amended E.R. 2 of 2023)This Ordinance may be cited as the Trading with the Enemy Ordinance (words omitted as spent—E.R. 2 of 2014).
[cf. 1939 c. 89 s. 17 U.K.]

### Trading with the Enemy Ordinance (words omitted as spent—E.R. 2 of 2014) 《與敵貿易條例》

3. Powers of the Chief Executive
(1) The Chief Executive may direct by order that the provisions of this Ordinance shall apply in relation to any area specified in the order as they apply to enemy territory and the said provisions shall apply accordingly.
(2) The Chief Executive may direct by order that any person specified in the order shall, for the purposes of this Ordinance, be deemed to be, while so specified, an enemy.
(3) The Chief Executive may declare, by order, that any notes or coins are enemy currency for the purpose of section 9.
(4) Where any area ceases to be enemy territory as defined in section 2, whether by reason of the occupation thereof by the People’s Republic of China or by a Power allied with the People’s Republic of China or by reason of its no longer being in the occupation of a Power with whom the People’s Republic of China is at war, or for any other reason, that area shall, for the purposes of sections 6, 7, 8 and 10 and, save as expressly provided by any such order, for the purposes of any order made under section 10, be treated as if, until such time as the Chief Executive may by order specify, there had been no such cessation.
(5) Any order made by the Chief Executive under this section shall be published in the Gazette.
(Amended 71 of 1999 s. 3)[cf. 1939 c. 89 ss. 2 & 15 U.K.]

### Trading with the Enemy Ordinance (words omitted as spent—E.R. 2 of 2014) 《與敵貿易條例》

5. Inspection and supervision of businesses
(1) The Chief Executive, if he thinks it expedient for securing compliance with the provisions of section 4 so to do, may by order in writing appoint an inspector, for the purpose of this section and, by such order, authorize the inspector to inspect any books or documents belonging to, or under the control of, a person named in the order, and to require that person and any other person to give such information in his possession with respect to any business carried on by the named person as the inspector may demand, and for the purposes aforesaid to enter on any premises used for the purposes of that business. (Amended 71 of 1999 s. 3)
(2) If, on a report made by an inspector in respect of any business, it appears to the Chief Executive that it is expedient, for securing compliance with the provisions of section 4, that the business should be subject to supervision, the Chief Executive may appoint a supervisor to supervise the business, with such powers as the Chief Executive may determine. (Amended 71 of 1999 s. 3)
(3) Any person who, without reasonable cause, fails to produce for inspection, or furnish, to an inspector or a supervisor, any document or information which he is duly requested by the inspector or supervisor so to produce or furnish, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 1 and to imprisonment for six months. (Amended E.R. 2 of 2023)
(4) Any person who, with intent to evade the provisions of this section, destroys, mutilates or defaces any book or other document which an inspector or a supervisor is or may be authorized under this section to inspect, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable—
(a) on conviction, on indictment, to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for five years; or
(b) on summary conviction, to a fine at level 1 and to imprisonment for six months. (Amended E.R. 2 of 2023)
[cf. 1939 c. 89 s. 3 U.K.]

### Trading with the Enemy Ordinance (words omitted as spent—E.R. 2 of 2014) 《與敵貿易條例》

9. Purchase of enemy currency
Any person who purchases any notes or coins which circulate in any enemy territory or any other notes or coins which are for the time being declared by an order of the Chief Executive under section 3(3) to be enemy currency shall be guilty of an offence of trading with the enemy.
(Amended 71 of 1999 s. 3; E.R. 2 of 2023)[cf. 1939 c. 89 s. 6 U.K.]