### Witness Protection Ordinance 《證人保護條例》

18. Approving authority and officer not to be required to disclose information
(1) Subject to subsection (2), the approving authority, officers working with him and any other public officer or person performing functions in relation to the witness protection programme shall not be required—
(a) to produce in a court or before a tribunal, commission or official inquiry any document that has come into his or their custody or control in the course of, or because of, the performance of his or their duties in relation to the witness protection programme; or
(b) to divulge or communicate to or before such a body any matter or thing that has come to his or their notice in the performance of his or their duties in relation to the witness protection programme,
except where it is necessary to do so for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of such programme.
(2) If it is essential to the determination of legal proceedings under or in relation to a law of Hong Kong that the judge or magistrate presiding over the proceedings be advised of a participant’s location and circumstances, a person referred to in subsection (1) shall disclose the relevant information to the judge or magistrate in chambers, but the person shall not disclose the information unless he and the judge or magistrate are the only persons present.
(3) The judge or magistrate shall not disclose any information disclosed to him under subsection (2) otherwise than in accordance with this Ordinance.

19. Protection of witness giving evidence in court
(1) Where a participant is to give evidence for the HKSAR in legal proceedings, the judge or magistrate in charge of such proceedings may, upon an ex parte application by the prosecution, authorize a police officer or an officer of the Independent Commission Against Corruption to require all members of the public wishing to enter the courtroom to—
(a) identify themselves to the satisfaction of the officer; and
(b) undergo such search as the officer may require to ensure that they are not carrying into the courtroom anything which the officer considers would pose a threat to the security or well-being of the participant.
(2) An application under subsection (1) shall be heard in chambers.
(3) Where a person refuses to comply with subsection (1) or the officer is not satisfied that he is not carrying anything referred to in subsection (1)(b), the officer may, subject to any direction of the judge or magistrate, prevent him from entering the courtroom.

20. Regulations
The Chief Executive in Council may make regulations for the better implementation of the provisions of this Ordinance.

### Urban Renewal Authority Ordinance 《市區重建局條例》

1. Short title
(Amended E.R. 4 of 2020)(1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Urban Renewal Authority Ordinance.
(2) (Omitted as spent—E.R. 4 of 2020)

### Urban Renewal Authority Ordinance 《市區重建局條例》

3. Establishment of Authority
(1) There shall be established a body corporate to be named the “Urban Renewal Authority” which shall have such powers and duties as are conferred and imposed on it by, or by virtue of, this Ordinance. (Amended E.R. 4 of 2020)
(2) The Authority shall have perpetual succession and a common seal and shall in its own name be capable of suing and of being sued.
(3) The Authority shall not be regarded as a servant or agent of the Government or as enjoying any status, immunity or privilege of the Government.
(4) Part VII of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap. 1) shall apply to the Authority and appointments to the Authority except where the context of this Ordinance otherwise requires.

4. Establishment of Board of Authority
(1) There shall be established a Board to be named the “Board of the Urban Renewal Authority” comprised of the following members— (Amended E.R. 4 of 2020)
(a) a Chairman of the Board of the Authority (the Chairman

5. Purposes of Authority
The purposes of the Authority are to—
(a) replace the Land Development Corporation as the body corporate established by statute having the responsibility of improving the standard of housing and the built environment of Hong Kong by undertaking, encouraging, promoting and facilitating urban renewal;
(b) improve the standard of housing and the built environment of Hong Kong and the layout of built-up areas by replacing old and dilapidated areas with new development which is properly planned and, where appropriate, provided with adequate transport and other infrastructure and community facilities;
(c) achieve better utilization of land in the dilapidated areas of the built environment of Hong Kong and to make land available to meet various development needs;
(d) prevent the decay of the built environment of Hong Kong by promoting the maintenance and improvement of individual buildings as regards their structural stability, integrity of external finishes and fire safety as well as the improvement of the physical appearance and conditions of that built environment;
(e) preserve buildings, sites and structures of historical, cultural or architectural interest; and
(f) engage in such other activities, and to perform such other duties, as the Chief Executive may, after consultation with the Authority, permit or assign to it by order published in the Gazette.

### Urban Renewal Authority Ordinance 《市區重建局條例》

7. Members to declare interests
(1) As soon as is practicable after appointment to membership or as and when the occasion may thereafter require, a member of the Board of the Authority, including the Chairman and the Managing Director, shall declare to the Authority in such manner as is for the time being determined by the Authority, whether by standing orders or otherwise, any interest of his which is of a class or description so determined.
(2) The Authority shall establish and maintain a register (the register

8. Duty of public officers to state public interest
Where at a meeting of the Board a member who is a public officer and is present considers that any matter whatsoever which is to be or is being considered, decided or determined by the Authority, is or could be contrary to, or otherwise raises or puts in issue, or could so raise or put in issue, the public interest as perceived by him, the following shall apply—
(a) he shall state to the meeting his opinion regarding the relation between the public interest, as so perceived, and the matter, and, where appropriate, he shall also state how, in his opinion, an actual or potential conflict with that interest, as so perceived, arises or could arise; and
(b) unless he has made a declaration or disclosure under section 7(1) or (5) which is relevant to the matter, section 7(5) shall not apply as regards the matter.

9. Answer to Legislative Council
The committees and subcommittees of the Legislative Council may request the Chairman and the executive directors to attend its meetings and they shall comply. The Chairman and the executive directors shall answer questions raised by the Members of the Legislative Council at the meetings.

10. Resources of Authority
(1) The resources of the Authority shall consist of—
(a) all money paid by the Government to the Authority and appropriated for that purpose by the Legislative Council; 
(b) all other money and property, including fees, rent, interest and accumulations of income received by the Authority for its purposes.
(2) All money paid to or received by the Authority shall be deposited with banks licensed by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority.
(3) The Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury may give directions in writing of a general or specific character to the Authority in relation to the amount of money which may be expended by the Authority in any financial year and the Authority shall comply with those directions. (Amended L.N. 106 of 2002)
(4) The Authority shall exercise due care and diligence in the handling of its finances.