Copyright
1. The Consumer Council retains all
rights, title and interest (including copyright) in all the
materials placed on this website.
2. The materials of this website may
be used, without any amendment in any way, for personal purpose
only.
3. No part of the materials of this
website may be reproduced, copied, distributed, or otherwise used
in any form for any commercial purpose.
4. Application for any use, other
than personal, of any part of the materials of this website should
be made to the Consumer Council.
Disclaimer
1. The contents of this website are
provided for general information and do not constitute legal
advice. Users should seek legal advice from their own lawyer.
2. While every effort is made to
update this website from time to time and to ensure its accuracy,
the Consumer Council does not guarantee the timeliness, accuracy or
completeness of the contents of this website.
3. The use of this website is at the
user's own risk and the Consumer Council does not guarantee that
access to this website is completely safe and protected from
viruses. The Consumer Council is not responsible for any damage or
loss suffered (including damage to the user's system or loss of
data) as a result of use of this website.
Hyperlinks
1. Any hyperlink from any other
website to this website does not mean endorsement, approval or
recommendation by the Consumer Council.
2. The Consumer Council's provision
of hyperlink in this website to any other website does not
necessarily mean endorsement, approval or recommendation by the
Consumer Council unless otherwise specifically stated.
3. The Consumer Council is not
responsible for contents of any other websites except for those of
http://choice.yp.com.hk.
Prohibition
against advertisement purposes
1. Section 20, Consumer Council
Ordinance provides, among others, that unless with the Council'
written consent, no person shall, with a view to promoting or
disparaging any goods, services or immovable property or promoting
any person's image, publish any advertisement which either
expressly or by implication makes reference to the Council, its
publication or findings of tests or surveys conducted by or on
behalf of the Council.
2. The full text of Section 20 is as
follows:
"(1) No person shall, with a view
to promoting or disparaging any goods, services or immovable
property or promoting the image of any person, publish or cause to
be published any advertisement which either expressly or by
implication makes reference to-
(a) the
Council;
(b) any committee,
member, agent or employee of the Council;
(c) the Council's
publication or finding of tests or surveys conducted by or on
behalf of the Council; or
(d) any other
information published by the Council, without written consent of
the Council.
(2) Any person
who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable to
a fine of $100000.
(3) For the purpose of subsection (1) "advertisement"
(廣告) may be constituted by
any words, whether written or spoken, or any picture, drawing,
visual image, figure or article-
(a) appearing in
any publication; or
(b) brought to the notice of the
public or any section of the public in any other way."
