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528 PDFTitle:COPYRIGHT ORDINANCEGazette Number:
Section:55Heading:Statutory inquiriesVersion Date:30/06/1997

(1) Copyright is not infringed by anything done for the purposes of the proceedings of a statutory inquiry.
(2) Copyright is not infringed by anything done for the purposes of reporting any such proceedings held in public; but this is not to be construed as authorizing the copying of a work which is itself a published report of the proceedings.
(3) Copyright in a work is not infringed by the issue or making available to the public of copies of the report of a statutory inquiry containing the work or material from it.
(4) In this section-
"statutory inquiry" (法定研訊) means an inquiry held or investigation conducted in pursuance of-

        (a) the Commissions of Inquiry Ordinance (Cap 86); or
        (b) a duty imposed or power conferred by or under an Ordinance.
[cf. 1988 c. 48 s. 46 U.K.]