Legislation Publication Ordinance
(3) This Part, Part 5 and Division 1, Division 2 (except section 27), Division 4 (except sections 29 and 30) and Division 5 of Part 7 come into operation on the day on which this Ordinance is published in the Gazette.
2. Interpretation
(1) In this Ordinance—
approved website (認可網站) means a website approved under section 3(b);
consolidated copy (編訂文本), in relation to an Ordinance, means a copy of the Ordinance showing its text as amended by all permitted amendments that have taken effect as at a date specified in the copy;
database (資料庫) means the electronic database of the legislation applying in Hong Kong established under section 3(a);
database instrument (資料庫文書) means an Ordinance, the Basic Law, a national law applying in Hong Kong or an item of materials or information referred to in section 4(2)(b);
editorial amendment (編輯修訂) means an amendment to an Ordinance made under section 12;
gazetted copy (刊憲文本), in relation to an Ordinance, means a copy of the Ordinance as originally enacted or made, and published in the Gazette;
official verification mark (官方核證標記) means a symbol, word or statement, or a combination of any of them, specified by the Law Draftsman on an approved website for the purposes of Part 2;
permitted amendment (許可修訂), in relation to an Ordinance, means—
- (a) an amendment to the Ordinance made by another Ordinance;
