Legislative Council of Hong Kong

“ A person to whom a licence applies or the licensee who gives or receives any money or other benefit, not authorized under this Ordinance, in respect of any supply of gametes or embryos, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 4 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(6) It is a defence for a person (“the defendant”) charged with an offence of doing a thing which, under section 13, cannot be done except pursuant to a licence to show—
(a) that the defendant was acting under the direction of another ”

“ The Council shall, in giving notice of a determination to—
(a) refuse to grant a licence; (b) grant a licence in respect of part only of the premises or relevant activity specified in the application concerned; (c) grant a licence subject to conditions; (d) refuse to vary a licence so as to designate another individual in place of the person responsible; or (e) vary or revoke a licence otherwise than on an application by the licensee or the person responsible, also give in the notice the reasons for its decision. ”

“ The Council may do all such things as are necessary for, or incidental or conducive to, the better performance of its functions and in particular but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, may—
(a) carry out research into the social consequences of reproductive technology procedures; (b) promote research into the causes of human infertility; (c) exercise such other powers as are conferred on it under this Ordinance or any other enactment. ”

“ The quorum of the Council shall be not less than half the members thereof for the time being and, while a member is disqualified from taking part in a decision or deliberation of the Council in respect of a matter, he shall be disregarded for the purpose of constituting a quorum of the Council for deciding, or deliberating on, that matter. ”