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s.36
Protection of public officers
(1)
A public officer is not personally liable in respect of any act or omission of
his if it was done or made by him in the honest belief that it was required or
authorized in the exercise of any function under this Ordinance.
(2)
The protection conferred on public officers by subsection (1) in respect of any
act or omission shall not in any way affect any liability of the Government in tort
for that act or omission.
(Amended
61 of 2000 s. 3
)
(3)
For the purposes of this section,
public
officer
(
公職人員
) includes a person assisting a public
officer in the exercise of any function under this Ordinance.