Important Notices

Yes, you may copy and link, but . . .

  1. Visitors to this web site are permitted to -
    a. download, print, make copies of and distribute all information on this site, and
    b. include information on this site in a text book or other educational materials, whether in electronic or paper form.
    For hyperlinks to external websites, they should also read and comply with any notice, warning, disclaimer, copyright statement and restriction on use or distribution of materials posted on the external websites.
  2. However, except as allowed under paragraph (3), permission is required from the Department of Justice to sell, or sell access to, information on this site [you may use the "Contact Us" on this site to request permission].
  3. Permission is not required to charge reasonable fees for the making of paper copies of information on this site for others.
  4. Care should be taken to ensure that any copies made are accurate and up-to-date.
  5. Anyone may link to the main page of this site, but may not charge for facilitating that specific access, even though charges may be imposed for accessing the site on which our link is contained.
  6. The Department of Justice does not object to the linked Department of Justice web site pages appearing within frames of other sites. However, care should be taken to ensure when using frames that the origin of the Department of Justice web site content is not misrepresented. Also it should be made clear that access to the Department of Justice web site data is free and available directly from the Department of Justice web site. If the Department of Justice web site data is filtered through a script it must not modify the Department of Justice web site page and Logos and the text must remain intact.
  7. Where any of the contents of this site are re-published as part of another publication, a statement to the effect that the extract was "reproduced from the Department of Justice web site [www.doj.gov.hk] with the permission of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region" must be included.


Legal Status

  1. The compilation of our list of treaties with hyperlinks is based on information collected from various sources. The information is provided for convenience of reference only. While every reasonable effort has been made to maintain updated and accurate information, we do not warrant that information shown on this website or on external websites is error-free. In particular, hyperlinks to external websites do not in any way imply endorsement by the Hong Kong SAR Government or the Department of Justice. No warranty is made and no responsibility assumed as to the accuracy, authority, completeness, recentness or applicability to the Hong Kong SAR of the texts of treaties posted on external websites. Visitors should ascertain those facts and should check for any reservation or declaration which applies to the Hong Kong SAR. Where appropriate, they should contact the depositary of the relevant instrument to obtain complete official information. Readers should, where appropriate, consult the Government Gazette for the text of bilateral agreements.
  2. The simplified Chinese character version of this site is provided by an automatic online translation program. The translation process may not be entirely accurate. Check against the traditional character version of this site if in doubt.

Copyright

  1. Copyright in this site and its contents is owned by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China pursuant to the Copyright Ordinance (Cap 528, s.182).
  2. The permission granted to link, download, print, make copies of and distribute all information on this site may be withdrawn at any time.

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Last revision date: Oct 22, 2004