### Asia-Pacific Telecommunity Notification 《亞太地區電信組織公告》

11. (1) Except in so far as in any particular case any privilege or immunity is waived by the Governments of members and associate members whom they represent, representatives of members and associate members to the General Assembly, the Management Committee or to any conference, meeting or other organ of the Organization shall enjoy—
(a) while exercising their functions as such and during their journeys to and from the place of meeting, immunity from personal arrest or detention and from seizure of their personal baggage and inviolability for all papers and documents; 
(b) immunity from legal process of every kind in respect of words spoken or written and things done or omitted to be done by them in their capacity as representatives. 
(2) Where the incidence of any form of taxation depends upon residence, representatives shall not be deemed to be resident in Hong Kong during any period when they are present in Hong Kong for the discharge of their duties. 
(3)  For the purposes of the application of this Article the expression representatives (代表) shall be deemed to include, in addition to the representatives, the following members of their official staffs accompanying them as such representatives—
Alternate representatives, 
Advisers,
Technical experts,
Secretaries of Delegations,
and Part IV of the First Schedule to the Ordinance shall not operate so as to confer privileges or immunities on the staffs of representatives other than on those persons falling within the above-mentioned descriptions.

(4) The provisions of the preceding paragraphs of this Article shall not confer any immunity or privilege on any person as the representative of the Central People’s Government in Hong Kong or as a member of the staff of such representative or on any person who is a Chinese national. (80 of 1982 s. 3; 81 of 1999 s. 3)

12. Except in so far as in any particular case any privilege or immunity is waived by the Organization, the Executive Director shall be accorded in respect of himself, his spouse and his children under the age of twenty-one and the Deputy Executive Directors shall be accorded in respect of themselves the like immunity from suit and legal process, the like inviolability of residence and the like exemption or relief from taxes, other than income tax, as is accorded in the People’s Republic of China to an envoy of a foreign sovereign power accredited to the Government of the People’s Republic of China, his spouse and children, and exemption from income tax in respect of emoluments received by them as officers of the Organization.
(81 of 1999 s. 3)

### Asia-Pacific Telecommunity Notification 《亞太地區電信組織公告》

13. Except in so far as in any particular case any privilege or immunity is waived by the Organization, officials of the Organization of any category specified by it shall enjoy—
(a) immunity from suit and legal process in respect of words spoken or written and things done or omitted to be done by them in the course of the performance of their official duties;
(b) exemption from income tax in respect of emoluments received by them as officers or servants of the Organization.

### Domestic and Cohabitation Relationships Violence Rules 《家庭及同居關係暴力規則》

1. Citation
These rules may be cited as the Domestic and Cohabitation Relationships Violence Rules.
(18 of 2009 s. 15)

2. Interpretation
In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires—
authorization of arrest (逮捕授權書) means an authorization of arrest attached to an injunction under section 5(1) of the Ordinance; (17 of 2008 s. 13)
judge (法官) means—
(a) in relation to proceedings commenced in the Court of First Instance, the Chief Judge of the High Court, a Justice of Appeal, a judge of the Court of First Instance, a deputy judge of the Court of First Instance and a recorder of the Court of First Instance; and (79 of 1995 s. 50; 25 of 1998 s. 2)
(b) in relation to proceedings commenced in the District Court, a District Judge and a deputy District Judge of the District Court,
and court (法院) shall be construed accordingly. (17 of 2008 s. 13)

(17 of 2008 s. 13)

3. Application of Rules of High Court
Subject to these rules, the Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4 sub. leg. A) shall apply to proceedings under the Ordinance as they apply to proceedings in the Court of First Instance with such modifications as are necessary for that purpose.
(25 of 1998 s. 2)

4. Form of authorization of arrest
(17 of 2008 s. 14)An authorization of arrest shall be in the form set out in the Schedule.
(17 of 2008 s. 14)

5. Service of authorization of arrest
(17 of 2008 s. 15)A copy of any authorization of arrest and the injunction to which it is attached shall be served on the Commissioner of Police by— (17 of 2008 s. 15)
(a) the Registrar of the High Court; or (25 of 1998 s. 2)
(b) the solicitor of the person on whose application the injunction is granted, if a judge, on being satisfied that the urgency of the case so requires, makes an order that service may be so effected. (17 of 2008 s. 15)

### Domestic and Cohabitation Relationships Violence Rules 《家庭及同居關係暴力規則》

6. Power of release on bail
(1) A judge may, on the application of a person arrested under an authorization of arrest, order that person to be admitted to bail and the recognizance of bail may be taken before the judge or, if the order so directs, before any magistrate. (47 of 1997 s. 10)
(2) A judge may on admitting a person to bail under subsection (1) order that such sum of money as the judge may specify be deposited with the court by the person arrested, as a condition of admission to bail.
(3) If a person admitted to bail does not appear at the time and place required by the judge, the judge may order any sum deposited pursuant to an order under subsection (2) to be forfeited.
(17 of 2008 s. 16)

7. Transfer of proceedings
Proceedings begun in the Court of First Instance under the Ordinance may be transferred to the District Court if a judge of the Court of First Instance is of the opinion that they should be heard and determined in the District Court.
(25 of 1998 s. 2)

8. Proceedings to be in chambers
All proceedings under the Ordinance shall be disposed of in chambers unless the judge hearing them otherwise directs.