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HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

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Ordiance No. 1 of 2000

An Ordinance to facilitate the use of electronic transactions for commercial and other purposes, to provide for matters arising from and related to such use, to enable the Postmaster General to provide the services of a certification authority and to provide for connected purposes.

[7 January 2000]

Enacted by the Legislative Council.

PART I
Preliminary

1. Short title and commencement

(1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Electronic Transactions Ordinance.

(2) Part I, sections 4 and 9, Part V (other than in relation to the matters referred to in Schedule 1) and Part VI, sections 31 and 33 and Parts IX, X, XI and XII shall come into operation at the beginning of the day on which this Ordinance is published in the Gazette.

(3) Sections 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10, Part IV, Part V (in relation to the matters referred to in Schedule 1) and Part VII, section 32 and Schedules 1 and 2 shall come into operation on a day to be appointed by the Secretary for Information Technology and Broadcasting by notice in the Gazette.

2. Interpretation

(1) In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—

“accept a certificate” (接受證書), in relation to a person to whom a certificate is issued, means that the person while having notice of the contents of the certificate—

(a) authorizes the publication of the certificate to one or more persons or in a repository;