Hong Kong Legislation

Hi Everyone,

Sorry this took me a while. Here are some documents which so a few of the issues with the Laws of Hong Kong. These are ordinances rather than bills - the structure differs slightly.

I have either included a PDF of the relevent text when I have it or given a link to the BLIS online version.

Also, I have included a list of terms I gathered from Hong Kong and how I map them to Akoma Ntoso. Feedback please!

Sample Documents:

  Chapter 614: Basic structure

  Chapter 569, s. 27: Interstitial text in a sandwich.

  Chapter 112, s. 40: Complex definition including embedded proviso.

  Chapter 609, s. 10: Adoption of model law: http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/home.htm?doc=CurAllEngDoc*B05AD905F0326214-482578150029FD71

  Chapter 525AD, Schedule 2: Subsidiary legislation containing modifications to principle ordinance.

Mapping Hong Kong terms to Akoma Ntoso

Metadata                   <meta>

Table of Contents       <toc>

Main body                 <body>

Provision                   <container> - but their use of the term is very very broad

Level                        <hcontainer>

Number                     <num>

Heading                    <heading>

Subheading               <subheading>

Cross Heading          ?? <heading>

Action                      ?? 

Notes                      <notes>

Note                       <note>

Reference                <ref>

Date                       <date>

Amending Formula   <mod>

Modifying Formula    <mod>

Quoted Text             <quotedText>

Quoted Structure      <quotedStructure>

Columns                  <table>

Bill                          <bill>

Ordinance                <act>

Resolution               <bill> - they have two different notions of a resolution. In this case, I'm concerned with the one that is essentially a bill

Basic Law                <act> - This is their Constitution

Committee Stage Amendment  <amendment>

Document Date        <docDate>

Copyright                 ??

Preamble                 <preamble>

Short Title                <shortTitle>

Long Title                 <longTitle>

Recital                     <recital>

Enacting Formula      <formula>

Citation                     ?? - This is the "will be cited as ..." name in the first section of the bill

Term                        ??

Sandwich                  <container> ??

Preliminary clause      <clause name="preliminary"> - These are clauses after the enacting formula, but before the sections

Clause                       <clause name="section"> - regular clauses in a bill (not preliminary clauses) become sections in an ordinance

Subclause                  <subclause name="subsection"> - regular subclauses in a bill become subsections in an ordinance

Section                      <section>

Subsection                 <subsection>

Part                           <part>

Division                      <division>

Subdivision                 <subdivision>

Chapter                      <chapter>

Article                       <article>

Paragraph                  <paragraph>

Subparagraph             <subparagraph>

Item                          <item>

Rule                          <section name="rule"> - except we found one case where a rule is a level above section and below subdivision (it's own level)

Subrule                     <section name="subrule">

Regulation                 <section name="regulation">

Subregulation            <section name="subregulation">

Order                        <section name="order">

Direction                   <section name="direction">

Definition                  <def>

Proviso                     <hcontainer name="proviso">

CommencementNote  ?? - This is a date or table of date before the main body (after the Long Title)

Annotation                 <note name="annotation"> - this is a history note and includes an embedded reference               

OfficialNote               <authorialNote>

EditorialNote             <note name="editorialNote">

Schedule                  <attachment>/<doc name="schedule">

Explanation               <attachment>/<doc name="explanation">

-- Grant
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Cap614.pdf

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Cap569 s27.pdf

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Cap112 s40 definition for industrial building or structure.pdf

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Cap525AD sch2.pdf

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