Published version of Hong Kong’s legislation

Consolidated legislation of Hong Kong is published in an electronic form available on the internet for free by accessing Hong Kong e-Legislation (HKeL) at www.elegislation.gov.hk. Various formats in traditional Chinese characters, simplified Chinese characters and English are provided.

Under section 5 of the Legislation Publication Ordinance (Cap. 614), verified copies of legislation published on HKeL have legal status, which can be relied on for official purposes. In addition to providing access to the current legislation of Hong Kong, HKeL also facilitates the public to retrieve past versions of legislation from 30 June 1997.

To meet the different needs of users, the following functions are available on HKeL:

• "Quick Search" function: Users can search for legislation by the chapter number of the legislation, title or provision number.
• "Keyword Search" function: Users can search for provisions and narrow down the search to one or more specific structures (e.g. headings, defined terms) of the legislation.
• "My Collection" function: Users can create their own collection(s) of bookmarked provisions (in any language version across the timeline) and perform targeted keyword search within their collection(s).
• "Get QR Code" function: Users can generate the QR code for any HKeL contents by copying and pasting a valid HKeL URL and make QR codes for any specified chapter or provision in their preferred language.