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Copyright in legislation

  1. The Government is entitled to copyright in Hong Kong legislation in accordance with the Copyright Ordinance (Cap. 528).

Permission to reproduce

  1. Anyone may –

    1. download, print, make copies of and distribute Hong Kong legislation for non-commercial purposes; and

    2. include Hong Kong legislation in a text book or other educational materials, whether in electronic or paper form.

  2. The Government may withdraw the above permission at any time.
  1. Except as allowed under paragraph 1, special permission from the Government is required to sell, or sell access to, Hong Kong legislation. Request for permission may be sent to the Law Drafting Division, Department of Justice through the means in the Contact Us document.

  2. Care should be taken to ensure that copies made of any Hong Kong legislation are accurate. A publication reproducing any Hong Kong legislation must include a statement to the effect that copyright in the legislation belongs to the Government and the legislation was reproduced with the permission of the Government.

Hyperlinking

  1. Anyone may link to the homepage of the BLIS site, but may not charge for facilitating that specific access, even though charges may be imposed for accessing the site on which the link is contained.

  2. The Department of Justice does not object to the linked BLIS pages appearing within frames of other sites. However, care should be taken to ensure that when using frames the origin of the BLIS data is not misrepresented. It should also be made clear that the data is available directly from the BLIS site and access to the data is free. Any script through which the BLIS data is filtered must not modify the BLIS pages and logos and the text must remain intact.

  3. There are practical and technical difficulties in making links to specific enactments within BLIS. Anyone who wants to establish such links should contact the Department of Justice through the means in the Contact Us document.
July 2009