Chapter:	518	Title:	CIVIL AID SERVICE ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:	76 of 1999
Section:	7	Heading:	Commissioner, Civil Aid Service	Version Date:	01/07/1997

Adapation amendments retroactively made - see 76 of 1999 s. 3

(1) The Chief Executive shall appoint a person to be the Commissioner, Civil Aid Service.
(2) The Chief Executive may at any time terminate the appointment of the Commissioner.
(3) During any period of absence of the Commissioner from Hong Kong or incapacity on the part of the Commissioner to carry out the functions of his office, the Chief Executive may appoint an officer holding the rank next below the rank held by the Commissioner to act as Commissioner, and the person so appointed shall exercise all the powers and perform all the duties conferred or imposed on the Commissioner by this Ordinance or any enactment.