### Sex Discrimination Ordinance 《性別歧視條例》

65. Research and education
(1) The Commission may undertake or assist (financially or otherwise) the undertaking by other persons of any research, and any educational activities, which appear to the Commission necessary or expedient for the performance of its functions.
(2) The Commission may impose reasonable charges for educational or other facilities or services made available by it.
(3) The Commission shall not provide any financial assistance under subsection (1) except with the prior approval of the Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs given, after consulting with the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, generally or in any particular case. (Amended L.N. 106 of 2002; L.N. 130 of 2007)

66. Review of Schedule 5
(Amended 18 of 2014 s. 18)(1) Without prejudice to the generality of section 64(1), the Commission, pursuant to its functions under paragraphs (a) and (b) of that section, shall keep Schedule 5 under review. (Amended 18 of 2014 s. 18)
(2) Whenever the Commission thinks it necessary, it shall draw up and submit to the Chief Executive proposals for— (Amended 66 of 1999 s. 3)
(a) (Repealed 18 of 2014 s. 18)(b) amending Schedule 5.

67. Delegations
(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Commission may, with or without restrictions as it thinks fit, delegate in writing any of its functions or powers to—
(a) any member of the Commission;
(b) any committee;
(c) any employee of the Commission;
(d) any conciliator.
(2) The Commission shall not delegate any of its functions or powers under—
(a) subsection (1) or section 64(2)(a) or 88;
(b) any provisions of any regulations made under section 89 which are specified in the regulations as provisions which shall not be subject to subsection (1);
(c) any provisions of any rules made under section 88 which are specified in the rules as provisions which shall not be subject to subsection (1);
(d) any provisions of Schedule 6 which are specified in that Schedule as provisions which shall not be subject to subsection (1).
(3) A delegate of the Commission—
(a) shall perform the delegated functions and may exercise the delegated powers as if the delegate were the Commission; and
(b) shall be presumed to be acting in accordance with the relevant delegation in the absence of evidence to the contrary.

### Sex Discrimination Ordinance 《性別歧視條例》

68. Protection of members of Commission, etc.
(1) No person to whom this subsection applies, acting in good faith, is personally liable in damages for any act done or default made in the performance or purported performance of any function, or the exercise or purported exercise of any power, imposed or conferred on the Commission under this Ordinance.
(2) The protection conferred by subsection (1) on any person to whom that subsection applies in respect of any act or default does not in any way affect the liability of the Commission for that act or default.
(3) Subsection (1) applies to the following persons— (Amended 18 of 2014 s. 19)
(a) a member of the Commission or a committee;
(b) an employee of the Commission;
(c) a conciliator.
(Amended 18 of 2014 s. 19)

### Sex Discrimination Ordinance 《性別歧視條例》

70. Power to conduct formal investigations
Without prejudice to the generality of section 64(1), the Commission may if it thinks fit, and shall if required by the Chief Secretary for Administration, conduct a formal investigation for any purpose connected with the carrying out of any of its functions under that section.
(Amended L.N. 362 of 1997)

71. Terms of reference
(1) The Commission shall not embark on a formal investigation unless the requirements of this section have been complied with.
(2) Terms of reference for the formal investigation shall be drawn up by the Commission or, if the Commission was required by the Chief Secretary for Administration to conduct the investigation, by the Chief Secretary for Administration after consulting the Commission. (Amended L.N. 362 of 1997)
(3) It shall be the duty of the Commission to give general notice of the holding of the formal investigation unless the terms of reference confine it to activities of persons named in them, but in such a case the Commission shall in the prescribed manner give those persons notice of the holding of the investigation.
(4) Where the terms of reference of the formal investigation confine it to activities of persons named in them and the Commission in the course of it proposes to investigate any act made unlawful by this Ordinance which it believes that a person so named may have done, the Commission shall—
(a) inform that person of its belief and of its proposal to investigate the act; and
(b) offer him an opportunity of making oral or written representations with regard to it (or both oral and written representations if he thinks fit),

and a person so named who avails himself of an opportunity under this subsection of making oral representations may be represented—
(i) by counsel or a solicitor; or
(ii) by some other person of his choice, not being a person to whom the Commission objects on the ground that he is unsuitable.
(5) The Commission or, if the Commission was required by the Chief Secretary for Administration to conduct the formal investigation, the Chief Secretary for Administration after consulting the Commission may from time to time revise the terms of reference; and subsections (1), (3) and (4) shall apply to the revised investigation and terms of reference as they applied to the original. (Amended L.N. 362 of 1997)