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487 PDFTitle:DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCEGazette Number:
Section:21Heading:GovernmentVersion Date:30/06/1997


Government

(1) Subject to subsection (2), without prejudice to the operation of the other provisions of this Part in relation to the Government, it is unlawful for the Government to discriminate against a person with a disability in the performance of its functions or the exercise of its powers.
(2) Subsection (1) shall not render unlawful-
        (a) as regards a person with a disability not having the right to enter and remain in Hong Kong, any act done under any immigration legislation governing entry into, stay in and departure from Hong Kong; or
        (b) any act done in relation to a person with a disability if it was necessary for that act to be done in order to comply with a requirement of an existing statutory provision.
(Enacted 1995)