Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance

British
                    citizen
(
英國公民
) means a person who has the status of a
                British citizen under the British Nationality Act 1981 (1981 c. 61
                    U.K.)
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;
British
                    Dependent Territories
                citizen
(
英國屬土公民
) means a person who has or had the
                status of a British Dependent Territories citizen under the British Nationality Act
                1981 (1981 c. 61
                    U.K.)
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;
British
                        enactment
and
imperial
                        enactment
(
英國成文法則
)
mean—
(a)
any Act of Parliament;
(b)
any Order in Council; and
(c)
any rule, regulation, proclamation, order, notice, rule of court,
                        by-law or other instrument made under or by virtue of any such Act or Order
                        in Council;
British
                    Overseas
                citizen
(
英國海外公民
) means a person who has the status of
                a British Overseas citizen under the British Nationality Act 1981 (1981 c. 61
                    U.K.)
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;
British
                    protected
                person
(
受英國保護人士
) means a person who has the status
                of a British protected person under the British Nationality Act 1981 (1981 c. 61
                    U.K.)
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;
British
                    subject
(
英籍人士
) means a person who has the status of a
                British subject under the British Nationality Act 1981 (1981 c. 61
                    U.K.)
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;
Commonwealth
(
英聯邦
) means
collectively—
(a)
the United Kingdom;
(b)
the Channel Islands;
(c)
the Isle of Man;
(d)
the countries mentioned in
Schedule 3
to the British
                        Nationality Act 1981 (1981 c. 61
                            U.K.)
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;
(e)
the British Dependent Territories mentioned in
Schedule 6
to
                        the British Nationality Act 1981 (1981 c. 61
                            U.K.)
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;
Commonwealth
                    citizen
(
英聯邦公民
) means a person who has the status of
                a Commonwealth citizen under the British Nationality Act 1981 (1981 c. 61
                    U.K.)
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;
Order
                    in
                Council
(
樞密院頒令
) means an order made by Her Majesty in
                Her Privy Council (being the Lords and others for the time being of Her Majesty’s
                Most Honourable Privy Council);
Parliament
(
國會
) means the Parliament of England, the
                Parliament of Great Britain and the Parliament of the United Kingdom;
territorial
                    waters
(
領海
) has the same meaning as waters of Hong
                Kong;
United
                        Kingdom
(
聯合王國
)
means—
(a)
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; or
(b)
when used with reference to citizenship or nationality, Great Britain,
                        Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man;
Victoria
(
維多利亞
) means the area within the boundaries
                specified in
Schedule 1
to this Ordinance.
(Amended
21 of 2024 s. 59
)
Editorial Note:
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Please see
L.N. 308 of
                    1993
.