### Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (Co-location) Ordinance 《廣深港高鐵(一地兩檢)條例》

3. Interpretation: reserved matter and non-reserved matter
(1) For the purposes of this Ordinance—
(a) a reserved matter is a matter to which the laws of Hong Kong apply, and over which Hong Kong exercises jurisdiction, under Article 3 or 7 of the Co-operation Arrangement; and
(b) a non-reserved matter is a matter to which the laws of the Mainland apply, and over which the Mainland exercises jurisdiction, under Article 4 of the Co-operation Arrangement.
(2) The Chinese text of Articles 3, 4 and 7 of the Co-operation Arrangement is reproduced in the Chinese text of Schedule 1. An English translation of those Articles is set out in the English text of that Schedule.

4. Declaration of West Kowloon Station Mainland Port Area
The area delineated and coloured orange on Plan No. 1 and Annex 1 to Plan No. 1 in Schedule 2 (as read with Annex 2 to Plan No. 1 and Plan Nos. 2, 3 and 4 in that Schedule, and with the Notes on the Plans and Annexes) is declared as the West Kowloon Station Mainland Port Area.

5. Train compartments
(1) For the purposes of this Ordinance, a train compartment of a passenger train in operation on the Hong Kong Section of the Express Rail Link (including a passenger train which is in motion, stationary and during embarkation or disembarkation) is to be regarded as part of the West Kowloon Station Mainland Port Area.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a passenger train is not in operation—
(a) while within Shek Kong Stabling Sidings; or
(b) while making a journey from Shek Kong Stabling Sidings to West Kowloon Station or a journey from West Kowloon Station to Shek Kong Stabling Sidings.

6. Laws and jurisdiction in Mainland Port Area
(1) Except for reserved matters, the Mainland Port Area is to be regarded as an area lying outside Hong Kong but lying within the Mainland for the purposes of—
(a) the application of the laws of the Mainland, and of the laws of Hong Kong, in the Mainland Port Area; and
(b) the delineation of jurisdiction (including jurisdiction of the courts) over the Mainland Port Area.
(2) Subsection (1) does not affect the boundary of the administrative division of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region promulgated by the Order of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China No. 221* dated 1 July 1997 and published as S.S. No. 5 to Gazette No. 6/1997 of the Gazette.

Editorial Note:
* See Instrument A207.

### Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (Co-location) Ordinance 《廣深港高鐵(一地兩檢)條例》

7. Savings provision
(1) Section 6(1) does not affect—
(a) a right acquired or accrued, or an obligation incurred, because of an act that was done, or an omission that was made, before the commencement date in the designated area;
(b) any investigation, legal proceedings or remedy in respect of such a right or obligation; or
(c) any penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred in respect of an offence committed before the commencement date in the designated area.
(2) Also, no person is entitled to contend in any proceedings (whether civil, criminal or otherwise) that section 6(1) has the effect of changing the geographical scope for a pre-existing right or pre-existing obligation.
(3) However, in determining the geographical scope for any of the following rights or obligations, the Mainland Port Area is to be regarded as an area lying outside Hong Kong but lying within the Mainland—
(a) a pre-existing right or pre-existing obligation that has arisen because of an order specified in Schedule 4;
(b) a pre-existing right or pre-existing obligation that has arisen because of any other statutory authority, but only to the extent that the right or obligation may be exercised or discharged in relation to a non-reserved matter;
(c) a right conferred, or an obligation imposed, by a pre-existing Court order specified in Schedule 5;
(d) a right conferred, or an obligation imposed, by any other pre-existing Court order, but only to the extent that the right or obligation may be exercised or discharged in relation to a non-reserved matter.

8. Interpretation of future documents in relation to rights and obligations
(1) This section applies if—
(a) a future document contains a reference to Hong Kong or part of Hong Kong to describe the geographical scope for a right or obligation (other than a right acquired or accrued, or an obligation incurred, before the commencement date); and
(b) the future document is none of the following—
(i) an enactment;
(ii) a statutory authority;
(iii) a Court order.
(2) In interpreting the reference, to the extent that the right or obligation may be exercised or discharged in relation to a non-reserved matter, the Mainland Port Area is to be regarded as an area lying outside Hong Kong but lying within the Mainland.
(3) However, subsection (2) may be displaced by a contrary intention.

### Apology Ordinance 《道歉條例》

1. Short title
(Amended E.R. 1 of 2018)(1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Apology Ordinance.
(2) (Omitted as spent—E.R. 1 of 2018)

2. Object of this Ordinance
The object of this Ordinance is to promote and encourage the making of apologies with a view to preventing the escalation of disputes and facilitating their amicable resolution.

3. Interpretation
In this Ordinance—
apology (道歉)—see section 4;
applicable proceedings (適用程序)—see section 6.

4. Meaning of apology
(1) In this Ordinance, an apology made by a person in connection with a matter means an expression of the person’s regret, sympathy or benevolence in connection with the matter, and includes, for example, an expression that the person is sorry about the matter.
(2) The expression may be oral, written or by conduct.
(3) The apology also includes any part of the expression that is—
(a) an express or implied admission of the person’s fault or liability in connection with the matter; or
(b) a statement of fact in connection with the matter.
(4) In this Ordinance, a reference to an apology made by a person includes an apology made on behalf of the person.
(5) Section 5 specifies the apologies to which this Ordinance applies.

5. Apology to which this Ordinance applies
(1) This Ordinance applies to an apology made by a person on or after the commencement date of this Ordinance in connection with a matter, regardless of whether—
(a) the matter arose before, on or after that date; or
(b) applicable proceedings concerning the matter began before, on or after that date.
(2) However, this Ordinance does not apply to—
(a) an apology made by a person in a document filed or submitted in applicable proceedings;
(b) an apology made by a person in a testimony, submission, or similar oral statement, given at a hearing of applicable proceedings; or
(c) an apology adduced as evidence in applicable proceedings by, or with the consent of, the person who made it.

6. Meaning of applicable proceedings
(1) In this Ordinance, the following proceedings are applicable proceedings—
(a) judicial, arbitral, administrative, disciplinary and regulatory proceedings (whether or not conducted under an enactment);
(b) other proceedings conducted under an enactment.
(2) However, applicable proceedings do not include—
(a) criminal proceedings; or
(b) proceedings specified in the Schedule.