### Limited Partnerships Ordinance 《有限責任合夥條例》

15. Rules
The Chief Executive in Council may make rules providing for— (Amended 23 of 1999 s. 3)
(a) (Repealed 19 of 1977 s. 5)(b) the duties or additional duties to be performed by the Registrar of Companies;
(c) the performance by deputy registrars and other officers of acts by this Ordinance required to be done by the Registrar of Companies;
(d) forms; and
(e) generally the conduct and regulation of registration under this Ordinance and any matters incidental thereto.
[cf. 1907 c. 24 s. 17 U.K.]

16. Fees
(1) There shall be paid to the Registrar of Companies in respect of the several matters set forth in the Schedule the several fees therein specified.
(2) The Chief Executive in Council may by order amend the Schedule. (Amended 23 of 1999 s. 3)
(Added 19 of 1977 s. 6)

### Limited Partnerships Rules 《有限責任合夥規則》

1. These rules may be cited as the Limited Partnerships Rules.

2. The forms in the Appendix to these rules with such variations as the circumstances of each case may require shall be the forms to be used for the purposes of the Ordinance.

### Privileges and Immunities (Joint Liaison Group) Ordinance 《特權及豁免權(聯合聯絡小組)條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Privileges and Immunities (Joint Liaison Group) Ordinance.
(Amended 44 of 1985 s. 3; 81 of 1999 s. 3)

2. Interpretation
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—
British members of the Joint Liaison Group (聯合聯絡小組英方成員) means the persons designated from time to time by the Government of the United Kingdom pursuant to paragraph 7 of Annex II of the Joint Declaration as its members of the Joint Liaison Group; (Replaced 81 of 1999 s. 3)
dependants (家屬) when used in relation to British members of the Joint Liaison Group, experts or supporting staff, means members of their families forming part of their households; (Added 20 of 1990 s. 2. Amended 81 of 1999 s. 3)
experts (專家) means persons so designated by the Government of the United Kingdom pursuant to paragraph 12 of Annex II of the Joint Declaration; (Added 44 of 1985 s. 4. Amended 81 of 1999 s. 3)
Joint Declaration (聯合聲明) means the Joint Declaration of the Government of the United Kingdom and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on the Question of Hong Kong signed in Beijing on 19 December 1984;
Joint Liaison Group (聯合聯絡小組) means the Joint Liaison Group established pursuant to Annex II of the Joint Declaration;
supporting staff (工作人員) means persons so designated by the Government of the United Kingdom pursuant to paragraph 7 of Annex II of the Joint Declaration or paragraph 7 of Annex III thereof. (Added 44 of 1985 s. 4. Amended 81 of 1999 s. 3)
(Amended 81 of 1999 s. 3)

3. Application
(1) This Ordinance shall apply to—
(a) British members of the Joint Liaison Group;
(b) experts;
(c) supporting staff; and
(d) dependants of the persons mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c). (Replaced 81 of 1999 s. 3)
(2) The privileges and immunities set out in this Ordinance and the Schedule hereto shall apply to persons to whom this Ordinance applies.

### Privileges and Immunities (Joint Liaison Group) Ordinance 《特權及豁免權(聯合聯絡小組)條例》

4. Evidence
Where any question arises whether or not any person is covered by or entitled to any privilege or immunity under this Ordinance, a certificate issued by the Chief Secretary for Administration stating any fact relating to that question shall be conclusive evidence of that fact.
(Amended L.N. 362 of 1997)

### Pensions (Special Provisions) (Customs Officers) Ordinance 《撫恤金(特別規定)(關員)條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Pensions (Special Provisions) (Customs Officers) Ordinance.

2. Interpretation
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—
eligible officer (合資格人員) means a public officer or former public officer who—
(a) was either—
(i) transferred from the rank of Revenue Officer to the rank of Preventive Officer on 1 July 1977; or
(ii) on or after that date, but before 1 January 1978, appointed to the rank of Preventive Officer or Customs Officer; and
(b) on or after 1 July 1977 contributed under the Widows and Orphans Pension Ordinance (Cap. 94) whether or not he was an officer whose contributions ceased by reason of his electing to contribute under the Surviving Spouses’ and Children’s Pensions Ordinance (Cap. 79) from 1 January 1978; (Amended 21 of 2020 s. 50)

former public officer (前公職人員) means a person who has ceased to be a public officer by virtue of his retirement from the public service under the Government of Hong Kong.

### Pensions (Special Provisions) (Customs Officers) Ordinance 《撫恤金(特別規定)(關員)條例》

3. Grant of right to refund of contributions and effect thereof
Any eligible officer may, by notice in writing to the Director of Accounting Services within 3 months after the date of commencement* of this Ordinance or such greater period as the Director of Accounting Services may allow, avail himself of the provisions of this Ordinance and, upon so doing—
(a) any contribution paid by him under the Widows and Orphans Pension Ordinance (Cap. 94) or the Surviving Spouses’ and Children’s Pensions Ordinance (Cap. 79) in respect of any service by him in the rank of Preventive Officer or Customs Officer on or after 1 July 1977 shall be refunded to him and any such contribution shall be deemed for the purposes of those Ordinances never to have been paid;
(b) his widow or children, as the case may be, shall, for the purposes of the Widows and Orphans Pension Ordinance (Cap. 94), be entitled on his death only to a pension computed on the basis of the potential benefit acquired by such officer—
(i) on 30 June 1977, if that officer was transferred from the rank of Revenue Officer to the rank of Preventive Officer on 1 July 1977;
(ii) immediately prior to his transfer to the rank of Preventive Officer or Customs Officer if the officer was transferred to that rank on or after 1 July 1977 and before 1 January 1978;
(c) any election made by the officer while holding the rank of Customs Officer to contribute under the Surviving Spouses’ and Children’s Pensions Ordinance (Cap. 79) with effect from 1 January 1978, shall, with respect to the period for which he held that rank, be deemed never to have been made and his service in that rank shall not be contributory service within the meaning of that Ordinance. (Amended 21 of 2020 s. 51)

Editorial Note:
* Commencement date: 15 March 1985.