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487 PDFTitle:DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCEGazette Number:E.R. 1 of 2013
Section:51Heading:CharitiesVersion Date:30/06/1997

(1) Nothing in Part 3, 4 or 5 shall-

        (a) be construed as affecting a provision to which this subsection applies; or
        (b) render unlawful an act which is done in order to give effect to such a provision.
(2) Subsection (1) applies to a provision for conferring benefits on persons who have a disability or a particular disability (disregarding any benefits to other persons which are exceptional or are relatively insignificant), being a provision which is contained in a charitable instrument.
(3) In applying this section, account shall be taken of section 88 of the Inland Revenue Ordinance (Cap 112).
(4) In this section-
"charitable instrument" (慈善文書) means an enactment or other instrument so far as it relates to charitable purposes;
"charitable purposes" (慈善目的) means purposes which are exclusively charitable according to any enactment or rule of law.
(Amended E.R. 1 of 2013)
(Enacted 1995)