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Chapter: | 296
 | Title: | RESERVED COMMODITIES ORDINANCE | Gazette Number: | L.N. 130 of 2007 |
| Section: | 2 | Heading: | Interpretation | Version Date: | 01/07/2007 |
For the saving and transitional provisions relating to the amendments made by the Resolution of the Legislative Council (L.N. 130 of 2007), see paragraph (12) of that Resolution.
(1) In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires-
"aircraft" (飛機) means any machine which can derive support in the atmosphere from reactions of the air;
"article in transit" (過境物品) means an article which-
- (a) is brought into Hong Kong solely for the purpose of taking it out of Hong Kong; and
(b) remains at all times in or on the vessel or aircraft in or on which it is brought into Hong Kong; (Amended 42 of 1996 s. 2)
"Commissioner" (關長) means the Commissioner of Customs and Excise and any Deputy or Assistant Commissioner of Customs and Excise; (Added L.N. 294 of 1982. Amended 65 of 2000 s. 3)
"Director" (署長) means the Director-General of Trade and Industry and any Deputy or Assistant Director-General of Trade and Industry; (Replaced L.N. 294 of 1982. Amended L.N. 292 of 1989; L.N. 173 of 2000)
"domestic premises" (住用處所) means any premises or place used exclusively for residential purposes and constituting a separate household unit;
"electronic record" (電子紀錄) has the meaning given to that term in section 2(1) of the Electronic Transactions Ordinance (Cap 553); (Added 24 of 2002 s. 3)
"export" (出口) means to take or cause to be taken out of Hong Kong any article other than an article in transit;
"import" (進口) means to bring or cause to be brought into Hong Kong any article other than an article in transit;
"information" (資料) has the meaning given to that term in section 2(1) of the Electronic Transactions Ordinance (Cap 553); (Added 24 of 2002 s. 3)
"information system" (資訊系統) has the meaning given to that term in section 2(1) of the Electronic Transactions Ordinance (Cap 553); (Added 24 of 2002 s. 3)
"licence" (許可證) means a licence issued under regulations made under section 3;
"manifest" (艙單) means a record prepared as a manifest containing the particulars prescribed under section 17 of the Import and Export Ordinance (Cap 60) but does not include any record, containing the same or similar particulars, which is not specifically prepared as a manifest; (Added 24 of 2002 s. 3)
"member of the Customs and Excise Service" (香港海關人員) means any person holding an office specified in Schedule 1 to the Customs and Excise Service Ordinance (Cap 342); (Amended 13 of 1995 s. 2)
"permit" (准許證) means a permit issued under regulations made under section 3;
"recognized electronic service" (認可電子服務) means a service for the interchange of electronic records that is provided by a specified electronic services provider; (Added 24 of 2002 s. 3)
"registered" (註冊) means registered under regulations made under section 3;
"reserved commodity" (儲備商品) means any commodity specified as a reserved commodity under regulations made under section 3;
"sale" (售賣) and "purchase" (購買) include a sale and purchase by barter;
"sale by retail" (以零售方式售賣) means every sale of an article other than a sale by wholesale;
"sale by wholesale" (以批發方式售賣) means any sale of an article in whatever quantity for resale in the same form or state or as part of a manufactured product;
"security device" (保安裝置) means a device issued to a person to be used for authenticating that person as the sender of information using a recognized electronic service; (Added 24 of 2002 s. 3)
"specified electronic services agent" (指明電子服務代理人) means a person specified under Schedule 2; (Added 24 of 2002 s. 3)
"specified electronic services provider" (指明電子服務提供者) means a person specified under Schedule 1; (Added 24 of 2002 s. 3)
"transhipment cargo" (轉運貨物) means any imported article that is consigned on a through bill of lading or a through air waybill from a place outside Hong Kong to another place outside Hong Kong and is or is to be removed from the vessel, vehicle or aircraft in which it was imported and either returned to the same vessel, vehicle or aircraft or transferred to another vessel, vehicle or aircraft before being exported, whether it is or is to be transferred directly between such vessels, vehicles or aircraft or whether it is to be landed in Hong Kong after its importation and stored pending exportation; (Added 51 of 1984 s. 2)
"vehicle" (車輛) means every means of conveyance or of transit or other mobile apparatus used or capable of being used on land whether on roads or rails and, in any way whatever, drawn or propelled or carried;
"vessel" (船隻) includes every description of vessel used in navigation for the carriage of persons or articles, whether or not the vessel is mechanically propelled and whether or not the vessel is towed or pushed by another vessel.
(2) This Ordinance shall not apply to-
- (a) articles in transit; or
(b) transhipment cargo imported or exported by a person to whom an exemption relating to that transhipment cargo has been granted pursuant to regulations made under section 3(1)(ja). (Replaced 51 of 1984 s. 2)