### Trade Marks Ordinance 《商標條例》

96L. Immunity from civil liability
(1) Neither the Commissioner nor an enforcement officer is civilly liable for an act done or omitted to be done by him or her in good faith in—
(a) performing or purportedly performing a function conferred on him or her by this Part; or
(b) exercising or purportedly exercising a power conferred on him or her by this Part.
(2) Subsection (1) does not affect any liability of the Government for the act or omission.

97. Transitional matters, etc.
(1) Schedule 5 (transitional matters) has effect as respects transitional matters.
(2) The Chief Executive in Council may make regulations containing provisions of a savings or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of this Ordinance.
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2), the regulations may in particular provide for—
(a) the application of provisions of this Ordinance or the rules made under this Ordinance; or
(b) the continued application of provisions of the repealed Trade Marks Ordinance (Cap. 43) or the repealed Trade Marks Rules (Cap. 43 sub. leg. A), (Amended E.R. 7 of 2020)
in connection with any matter specified in the regulations.
(4) Regulations made under this section may, if they so provide, be deemed to have come into operation on a date earlier than the date on which they are published in the Gazette but not earlier than the date on which Schedule 5 (transitional matters) comes into operation.
(5) To the extent that any regulations come into operation on a date earlier than the date on which they are published in the Gazette, those regulations shall be construed so as not to—
(a) affect, in a manner prejudicial to any person, the rights of that person existing before the date on which the regulations are published in the Gazette; or
(b) impose liabilities on any person in respect of anything done, or omitted to be done, before that date.
(6) In the event of an inconsistency between any regulations made under this section and the provisions of Schedule 5, the latter shall prevail to the extent of the inconsistency.

### Trade Marks Ordinance 《商標條例》

100. Transitional and savings provisions for Trade Marks (Amendment) Ordinance 2020
Schedule 7 sets out transitional and savings provisions that have effect for the purposes of the amendments made to this Ordinance by the Trade Marks (Amendment) Ordinance 2020 (3 of 2020).
(Added 3 of 2020 s. 16)

### International Organizations (Privileges and Immunities) Ordinance 《國際組織(特權及豁免權)條例》

1. Short title and commencement
(1) This Ordinance may be cited as the International Organizations (Privileges and Immunities) Ordinance.
(2) This Ordinance shall come into operation on a day to be appointed by the Chief Secretary for Administration by notice in the Gazette.

2. Interpretation
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—
international agreement (國際協議) means any agreement in writing or that agreement as amended from time to time, whether contained in one or more documents and by whatever name called, which has effect in international law and—
(a) to which Hong Kong is a party; or
(b) which is applied to Hong Kong by the Central People’s Government of the People’s Republic of China;

international organization (國際組織) means an organization in relation to which there is an international agreement providing for it or for persons connected with it or both to enjoy privileges and immunities in Hong Kong.

3. Provisions of certain agreements or arrangements to have force of law
(Amended 14 of 2022 s. 4)The Chief Executive in Council may—
(a) by order published in the Gazette, declare that the provisions of—
(i) an international agreement relating to the status, privileges and immunities of an international organization and of persons connected with such an organization; or
(ii) an arrangement in writing that is entered into between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region relating to the status, privileges and immunities of a body concerned in the establishment of an international organization and of persons connected with such a body,
that are specified in the order have the force of law in Hong Kong; and (Replaced 14 of 2022 s. 4)
(b) in such order make such provisions as the Chief Executive in Council may consider necessary for carrying into effect the provisions of any such agreement or arrangement in connection with such privileges and immunities. (Amended 14 of 2022 s. 4)

4. Evidence
(1) Where a question arises as to whether or not a person is entitled to a privilege or immunity under an order made under section 3, a certificate issued by the Chief Secretary for Administration stating a fact relevant to that question is, subject to subsection (2), conclusive evidence of that fact.
(2) Where there is any conflict or inconsistency as respects a question of fact between—
(a) a certificate issued under subsection (1); and
(b) a certificate obtained under the third paragraph of Article 19 of the Basic Law,
then the second-mentioned certificate shall, to the extent of that conflict or inconsistency, as the case may be, prevail over the certificate issued under subsection (1).