Legislative Council of Hong Kong

“ An Ordinance to provide for the establishment of an electronic database of legislation and approval of a website on which the information in the database may be published and accessed; to give legal status to copies of the legislation published on an approved website; to provide for powers to make editorial amendments and revisions to Ordinances; to provide for additional editorial powers for preparation of the loose-leaf edition of the Laws of Hong Kong ”

“ A document purporting to be an electronic or printed reproduction of a verified copy of a database instrument accessed or printed directly from an official storage medium is presumed, unless the contrary is proved, to be such a reproduction. ”

“ In this Ordinance—
approved website (認可網站) means a website approved under section 3 (b) ;
consolidated copy (編訂文本) , in relation to an Ordinance, means a copy of the Ordinance showing its text as amended by all permitted amendments that have taken effect as at a date specified in the copy;
database (資料庫) means the electronic database of the legislation applying in Hong Kong established under section 3 (a) ;
database instrument (資料庫文書) means an Ordinance, the Basic Law, a national law applying in Hong Kong or an item of materials or information referred to in section 4 (2) (b) ”