An Ordinance to confer on the Chief Executive in Council power to make regulations on occasions of emergency or public danger.
Citation
Cap. 241
Enacted by
Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Commenced
28 February 1922
Legislative history
Bill title
Strike Legislation Bill 1922[1]
Introduced by
Attorney General Joseph Horsford Kemp
First reading
28 February 1922
Second reading
28 February 1922
Third reading
28 February 1922
Status: In force
The Emergency Regulations Ordinance (Cap. 241) is a law of Hong Kong that confers on the Chief Executive in Council the power to make regulations on occasions that the Chief Executive believes to be an emergency or public danger. It was first introduced in Colonial Hong Kong in 1922 to combat the seamen's strikes which had immobilised the city's ports, and was invoked on several occasions during the colonial rule.[2]
In case of emergency or public danger, it can be invoked by the Chief Executive-in-Council. Under the provisions of the ordinance, the Chief Executive has the power to make "any regulations whatsoever which he may consider desirable in the public interest." Among the many powers permitting the Chief Executive to exercise upon invoking the ordinance, it also include arrests, property seizures, deportation, control of the ports and transportation, and censorship.[3][4]
The government invoked the ordinance during the 1967 Hong Kong riots, during the oil crisis in 1973,[5] during the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests and postponing the 2020 Legislative Council election.[4]
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