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HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

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Ordiance No. 47 of 2000

An Ordinance to regulate reproductive technology procedures, and the use, for research and other purposes, of embryos and gametes; to confine the provision of reproductive technology procedures to infertile couples subject to any express provision to the contrary in any code; to regulate surrogacy arrangements; to establish a Council on Human Reproductive Technology; and to provide for matters incidental thereto or connected therewith.

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Enacted by the Legislative Council.

PART I
Preliminary

1. Short title and commencement

(1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Human Reproductive Technology Ordinance.

(2) This Ordinance shall come into operation on a day to be appointed by the Secretary for Health and Welfare by notice in the Gazette.

2. Interpretation

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

“advertisement” (廣告) includes any form of advertising whether to the public generally, to any section of the public or individually to selected persons;