Declaration of Change of Titles (General Adaptation) Notice 1997

by Chief Secretary

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L.N. 362 of 1997

DECLARATION OF CHANGE OF TITLES (GENERAL ADAPTATION) NOTICE 1997

(Made under section 55 of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap. 1))

1. Commencement

This Notice shall come into operation on 1 July 1997.

2. Change of titles

(1) The titles set out in column 2 of the Schedule are declared to be changed respectively to the titles set out opposite therein in column 3 of the Schedule.

(2) Where any title set out in column 2 of the Schedule is a component part of the title of a public officer, public body or person, the second-mentioned title is declared to be changed correspondingly.

3. Amendment of references to titles

(1) The titles set out in column 3 of the Schedule are substituted, where the context permits, respectively for the titles set out opposite thereto in column 2 of the Schedule whenever occurring in any Ordinance, instrument, contract or legal proceedings enacted, made or commenced before 1 July 1997.

(2) Where a title is changed to another title by virtue of section 2(2), the latter is substituted, where the context permits, for the former wherever occurring in any Ordinance, instrument, contract or legal proceedings enacted, made or commenced before 1 July 1997.

Change of Titles

Items	Original title	New title
1.	Chief Secretary	Chief Secretary for Administration
2.	財政司	財政司司長
3.	Attorney General	Secretary for Justice
4.	文康廣播司	文康廣播局局長
5.	公務員事務司	公務員事務局局長
6.	憲制事務司	政制事務局局長
7.	經濟司	經濟局局長
8.	教育統籌司	教育統籌局局長
9.	庫務司	庫務局局長
10.	財經事務司	財經事務局局長
11.	衛生福利司	衛生福利局局長
12.	政務司	民政事務局局長
13.	房屋司	房屋局局長
14.	規劃環境地政司	規劃環境地政局局長
15.	保安司	保安局局長
16.	工商司	工商局局長
17.	運輸司	運輸局局長
18.	工務司	工務局局長
19.	總督特派廉政專員	廉政專員
20.	核數署署長	審計署署長
21.	Crown Solicitor	Law Officer (Civil Law)
22.	Crown Prosecutor	Director of Public Prosecutions
23 .	律政專員(法律政策)	法律政策專員
24.	律政專員(國際法律)	國際法律專員
25.	海關總監	海關關長
26.	人民入境事務處處長	入境事務處處長
27.	政務總署署長	民政事務總署署長
28.	Director of the Royal Observatory	Director of the Hong Kong Observatory
29.	Chambers Manager, Legal Department	Administrator, Department of Justice
30.	Chief Secretary's Office	Chief Secretary for Administration's Office
31.	財政司辦公室	財政司司長辦公室
32.	Legal Department	Department of Justice
33.	Broadcasting, Culture and Sport Branch	Broadcasting, Culture and Sport Bureau
34.	Civil Service Branch	Civil Service Bureau
35.	Constitutional Affairs Branch	Constitutional Affairs Bureau
36.	Economic Services Branch	Economic Services Bureau
37.	Education and Manpower Branch	Education and Manpower Bureau
38.	Finance Branch	Finance Bureau
39.	Financial Services Branch	Financial Services Bureau
40.	Health and Welfare Branch	Health and Welfare Bureau
41.	Home Affairs Branch	Home Affairs Bureau
42.	Housing Branch	Housing Bureau
43.	Planning, Environment and Lands Branch	Planning, Environment and Lands Bureau
44.	Security Branch	Security Bureau
45.	Trade and Industry Branch	Trade and Industry Bureau
46.	Transport Branch	Transport Bureau
47.	Works Branch	Works Bureau
48.	總督特派廉政專員公署	廉政公署
49.	Audit Department	Audit Commssion
50.	Royal Hong Kong Police Force	Hong Kong Police Force
51.	Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force	Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force
52.	政務總署	民政事務總署
53.	人民入境事務處	入境事務處
54.	Royal Observatory	Hong Kong Observatory

Mrs. Anson CHAN,
Chief Secretary.

23 June 1997.

Explanatory Note

This Notice declares a change in the titles of various Government officials and agencies and amends references to those titles.