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Legislation Publication Ordinance

Part 6
A567
Section 22
Ord. No. 13 of 2011

2B. Record of editorial amendments
(1) The Secretary for Justice must compile a record containing—
(a) descriptions of editorial amendments made; and
(b) other information that the Secretary for Justice considers useful to users of the record.
(2) The record is to be published—
(a) in the loose-leaf edition; and
(b) in a form that the Secretary for Justice considers appropriate.
(3) An Ordinance that is amended under section 2A(1) has effect for all purposes, on and after the effective date of the editorial amendment, as if the amendment had been made by another Ordinance that commenced on that date.
(4) The effective date of an editorial amendment—
(a) must not be a date which is earlier than the date on which the record containing a description of the amendment, as specified in subsection (1)(a), is first published under subsection (2); and
(b) must be specified in the record.
(5) In this section—
editorial amendment (編輯修訂) means an amendment to an Ordinance made under section 2A(1).”.

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