Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance
Part 2
2-2
Section 5
Cap. 486
Part 2
Administration
5.
Establishment, etc. of Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data
(1) For the purposes of this Ordinance, there is hereby established
an office by the name of the Privacy Commissioner for
Personal Data.
(2) The Commissioner shall be a corporation sole with perpetual
succession and—
(a) shall have and may use a seal; and
(b) shall be capable of suing and being sued.
(3) The Chief Executive shall, by notice in the Gazette, appoint a
person to be the Commissioner. (Amended 34 of 1999 s. 3)
(4) Subject to subsection (5), the person appointed to be the
Commissioner shall hold office for a period of 5 years and
shall be eligible for reappointment for not more than 1 further
period of 5 years.
(5) The person appointed to be the Commissioner may—
(a) at any time resign from his office by notice in writing to
the Chief Executive; or
(b) be removed from office by the Chief Executive with the
approval by resolution of the Legislative Council on the
ground of—
(i) inability to perform the functions of his office; or
(ii) misbehaviour. (Amended 34 of 1999 s. 3)
(6) The Chief Executive shall determine— (Amended 34 of 1999
s. 3)
(a) the emoluments; and
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