Court Proceedings (Electronic Technology) Ordinance
Part 1
Ord. No. 20 of 2020
Section 2
A1683
2. Interpretation
In this Ordinance—
court (法院) means—
- (a) the Court of Final Appeal;
- (b) the Court of Appeal;
- (c) the Court of First Instance;
- (d) the District Court;
- (e) a Magistrates’ Court;
- (f) the Coroner’s Court; or
- (g) a tribunal specified by rules made under section 6(b);
court office (法院辦事處), in relation to a court, means a registry of the court or an office of the court;
document (文件) means anything in which information of any description is recorded;
e-Court (電子法院) means a court specified by rules made under section 6(a);
electronic form (電子形式) means in the form of an electronic record;
electronic record (電子紀錄) means a record that—
- (a) is generated in a digital form by an information system;
- (b) can be transmitted—
- (i) within an information system; or
- (ii) from one information system to another; and
- (c) can be stored in an information system or other medium;