HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
Ordiance No. 67 of 2000
L.S. |
TUNG Chee-hwa
Chief Executive
6 July 2000
An Ordinance to provide for the establishment of a programme for the protection of certain witnesses and persons associated with witnesses.
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Enacted by the Legislative Council.
1. Short title and commencement
(1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Witness Protection Ordinance.
(2) This Ordinance shall come into operation on a day to be appointed by the Secretary for Security by notice in the Gazette.
PART I
Intereptation
2. Interpretation
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—
“approving authority” (批准當局) means a person designated in writing by the Commissioner to be the approving authority;
“board” (委員會) means the board established under section 14;
“Commissioner” (處長、專員) means each of the Commissioner of Police and the Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption;
“memorandum of understanding” (諒解備忘錄) means a memorandum of understanding entered into by the approving authority and a witness under section 6 setting out the basis on which the witness will be included in the witness protection programme;
“participant” (參與者) means a witness who has been included in the witness protection programme;