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 |
