Public Finance Ordinance

(1)
Where, for the purposes of any Ordinance, the law of a jurisdiction other than Hong Kong or any treaty, the signature of the Chief Executive or of any public officer is affixed to any certificate, authorization, consent, licence, permit or exemption, or any alteration, transfer or renewal thereof, addition thereto or endorsement thereon, or any copy of the same, and no fee for such signature is prescribed by law, there shall be payable for such signature such fee as the Financial Secretary may prescribe by notice in the Gazette.
(Amended
42 of 1983 s. 2
;
23 of 1998 s. 2
;
68 of 1999 s. 3
)
(2)
Where any Ordinance requires or authorizes the issue of any document by a public officer, such public officer may, subject to any directions of the Chief Executive, issue a duplicate of such document, upon payment of such fee as may be prescribed by law or as the Financial Secretary may prescribe by notice in the Gazette if no fee is prescribed by law.
(Amended
68 of 1999 s. 3
)
(3)
Where any Ordinance requires or authorizes any alteration, transfer, or endorsement of or addition to any certificate, authorization, consent, licence, permit or exemption by a public officer, such fee shall be payable therefor as may be prescribed by law or as the Financial Secretary may prescribe by notice in the Gazette if no fee is prescribed by law.
(4)
Where an extract of any document, book, record or instrument may be properly certified by a public officer as a true extract of such document, book, record or instrument, such fee shall be payable for the certifying of the extract by such officer as may be prescribed by law or as the Financial Secretary may prescribe by notice in the Gazette if no fee is prescribed by law.
(5)
(Repealed
78 of 1999 s. 7
)