### Estate Agents Ordinance 《地產代理條例》

56. Regulations
(1) The Authority may, with the approval of the Secretary, by regulation—
(a) prescribe particulars to be contained in the register and the form in which it shall be kept;
(b) prescribe the manner in which, the form of and particulars to be contained in applications of any class or description for the grant or renewal of a licence;
(c) prescribe a minimum age for the purposes of section 19 or 21;
(d) prescribe any educational qualifications or experience or both required to be held for the purposes of section 18, 19 or 21;
(e) prescribe conditions which may be attached to licences;
(f) prescribe fees—
(i) for the purposes of sections 13, 18 and 26;
(ii) which are payable to the Authority in respect of prescribed services provided by it;
(g) prescribe requirements for the purposes of section 19(1)(b)(iii), 20(1)(d) or 21(2)(b)(iii);
(h) prescribe the period during which all licences or licences of a prescribed class or description are to be in force;
(i) prescribe the circumstances in which conditions already attached to a licence may be amended or varied (including amendment or variation by agreement) or in which new conditions may be attached to any licence or in which any licence may be amended;
(j) regulate or prescribe the conduct or practice to be observed or followed in prescribed circumstances or in relation to prescribed matters by licensed estate agents or licensed salespersons;
(k) prescribe the form of and particulars to be included in documents of a prescribed class or description, and, where appropriate, require them, or any of them, which are of a prescribed class or description, to be used or furnished by a licensee or any other persons in relation to prescribed matters or in prescribed circumstances;
(1) prescribe particulars to be included in notices under section 40 and the manner in which any such particulars are to be verified for the purposes of that section;
(m) make such provisions as the Authority considers requisite or expedient to give effect to this Ordinance;
(n) prescribe any matter or thing which is referred to in this Ordinance as prescribed.
(2) Any regulation made under this section or any other provision of this Ordinance may provide for the exercise or performance by the Authority of any powers or functions under the regulations.
(3) Any regulation made under this section or any other provision of this Ordinance may create offences in respect of contravention of any of the regulations and may provide for the imposition of a fine not exceeding $500,000, of imprisonment for a period not exceeding 2 years or for the imposition of such a fine and such imprisonment, and such regulation may specify defences which may be raised in proceedings for such an offence.

### Estate Agents Ordinance 《地產代理條例》

58. (Omitted as spent—E.R. 1 of 2019)

### Justices of the Peace Ordinance 《太平紳士條例》

1. Short title
(Amended E.R. 1 of 2019)(1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Justices of the Peace Ordinance.
(2) (Omitted as spent—E.R. 1 of 2019)

2. Interpretation
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—
advisory panel (諮詢小組) means a panel specified in Part III of Schedule 1;
custodial institution (羈押院所) means a place specified in Part I of Schedule 1;
detained person (被扣留者) means a person specified in Part II of Schedule 1;
justice of the peace (太平紳士) means a justice of the peace appointed under section 3(1);
New Territories Justice of the Peace (新界太平紳士) means a New Territories Justice of the Peace appointed under section 3(2).

3. Appointment of justices of the peace
(1) The Chief Executive may from time to time appoint—
(a) any person holding any office in the public service whom he considers to be fit and proper; or
(b) any other person whom he considers to be fit and proper,
to be a justice of the peace on such terms and conditions as the Chief Executive may determine. (Amended 27 of 1999 s. 3)
(2) The Chief Secretary for Administration may from time to time appoint a justice of the peace appointed under subsection (1)(b) whom he considers to be fit and proper to be a New Territories Justice of the Peace on such terms and conditions as the Chief Secretary for Administration may determine. (Amended L.N. 362 of 1997)
(3) A justice of the peace appointed under subsection (1) shall, as soon as possible after appointment, take an oath or make an affirmation in the form set out in Schedule 2 which shall be administered by a commissioner for oaths.
(4) A notice of an appointment made under this section shall be published in the Gazette.
(5) In the case of an appointment made under subsection (1), the notification shall only be published in the Gazette after the oath or affirmation referred in subsection (3) has been taken or made.
(6) An appointment made under this section shall not be effective prior to its publication in the Gazette.

### Justices of the Peace Ordinance 《太平紳士條例》

4. Term of Office
(1) A justice of the peace shall cease to hold such office if—
(a) his appointment is revoked under section 6; or
(b) in the case of a justice of the peace appointed under section 3(1)(a), he leaves the public service.
(2) A justice of the peace appointed under section 3(2) to be a New Territories Justice of the Peace shall cease to hold the office of New Territories Justice of the Peace if he ceases to be a justice of the peace under this Ordinance.

5. Powers and functions of justices of the peace
(1) The functions of a justice of the peace shall be—
(a) to visit any custodial institution or detained person; 
(b) to take and receive declarations and to perform any other functions under the Oaths and Declarations Ordinance (Cap. 11); and
(c) in the case of a justice of the peace appointed under section 3(1)(b), to serve as a member of any advisory panel.
(2) A justice of the peace appointed or nominated under any Ordinance to perform functions under subsection (1)(a) or (c) shall exercise such powers and perform such other functions as may be conferred or imposed on him by such Ordinance.
(3) A justice of the peace shall perform such other functions as may be imposed on him from time to time by the Chief Executive. (Amended 27 of 1999 s. 3)

6. Revocation of appointment
(1) The Chief Executive may by notice in writing to a justice of the peace revoke his appointment as such if—
(a) at any time after his appointment as such, that justice of the peace has been convicted in Hong Kong or any other place of an offence in respect of which he has been sentenced to imprisonment, whether suspended or not;
(b) that justice of the peace is suffering from mental disorder within the meaning of the Mental Health Ordinance (Cap. 136);
(c) at any time after his appointment as such, that justice of the peace has departed Hong Kong and remained outside Hong Kong for any continuous period of 6 months unless his absence from Hong Kong was due to some reason approved by the Chief Executive;
(d) the Chief Executive, having regard to the public interest and all other circumstances of the case, considers that that justice of the peace is no longer fit and proper to remain appointed. (Amended 27 of 1999 s. 3)
(2) A notice under subsection (1) shall include an adequate statement of the reason or reasons for revoking the appointment.
(3) A revocation of an appointment under subsection (1) shall be notified in the Gazette.