Chapter:	504	Title:	CORONERS ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:	L.N. 172 of 1999
Section:	2	Heading:	Interpretation	Version Date:	05/07/1999

In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires-
"autopsy" (屍體剖驗) means an autopsy ordered to be performed under section 6(1);
"cause" (導致、原因), in relation to the death of a person, includes to precipitate or contribute to, whether directly or indirectly, the death;
"certificate of the cause of death" (死因證明書) means Form 18 in the Second Schedule to the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance (Cap 174);
"certificate of the fact of death" (死亡事實證明書) means a certificate referred to in section 41(1);
"clear day" (整日) means a day other than a public holiday or a gale warning day within the meaning of section 2 of the Judicial Proceedings (Adjournment During Gale Warnings) Ordinance (Cap 62);
"coroner" (死因裁判官) means a person appointed under section 3(1) to be a coroner;
"deputy coroner" (暫委死因裁判官) means a person appointed under section 3A to be a deputy coroner; (Added 21 of 1999 s. 18)
"discharge" (履行), in relation to a duty, includes perform;
"duty" (責任) includes a function;
"findings" (裁斷), in relation to an inquest, means the matters referred to in section 27 in so far as they have been ascertained at the inquest;
"inquest" (研訊) means an inquest into the death of a person held by a coroner, with or without a jury, under this Ordinance;
"official custody" (官方看管) means detention, whether or not lawful, in-

(a) the custody of a police officer or officer of the Correctional Services Department;
(b) the custody of any other person having statutory powers of arrest or detention;
(c) a reformatory school or remand home under the management, control or administration of the Director of Social Welfare in consequence of a detention or committal order;
(d) a place of refuge under section 35(1)(a) of the Protection of Children and Juveniles Ordinance (Cap 213);
(e) a mental hospital within the meaning of the Mental Health Ordinance (Cap 136), and includes custody in such a hospital; or
(f) the guardianship of a person (including the Director of Social Welfare) pursuant to Part IIIA or IVB of the Mental Health Ordinance (Cap 136); (Amended 81 of 1997 s. 59)