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[接上页] (ii) to which section 17 of the Adoption Ordinance (Cap 290) applies; or (iii) made in Hong Kong in accordance with Chinese law and custom before 1 January 1973; and(b) any person so adopted shall be treated as the child of the adopter, and not as the child of any other person, and all relationships to the adopted person shall be deduced accordingly. (Added 52 of 2000 s. 3) Cap 282 s 4 Application to certain employees (1) This Ordinance shall apply to employees employed by or under the Crown in the same way and to the same extent as if the employer were a private person, except in the case of- (a) members of the armed forces of the Crown; and (b) persons in the civil employment of Her Majesty, otherwise than in Her Government of Hong Kong, who have been engaged in a place outside Hong Kong:Provided that this Ordinance shall not apply in the case of an employee in the service of the Government of Hong Kong where, in consequence of injury received by any such employee in the discharge of his duties, a pension or gratuity which would not be payable if such injury were received otherwise, is paid to him or, in the case of his death, to any of the members of his family as defined in this Ordinance, under any Ordinance or regulation providing for the grant of such pension or gratuity. (Replaced 50 of 1954 s. 3. Amended 11 of 1958 s. 4; 55 of 1969 s. 4; 44 of 1980 s. 15; 76 of 1982 s. 37; 52 of 2000 s. 4) (2) The exercise and performance of the powers and duties of any public body shall for the purposes of this Ordinance, unless a contrary intention appears, be deemed to be the trade or business of such public body. (Added 55 of 1969 s. 4) Cap 282 s 5 Employer's liability for compensation for death or incapacity resulting from accident PART II COMPENSATION FOR INJURY (Added 19 of 1964 s. 4) (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), if in any employment, personal injury by accident arising out of and in the course of the employment is caused to an employee, his employer shall be liable to pay compensation in accordance with this Ordinance. (2) No compensation shall be payable under this Ordinance in respect of- (a) any injury, other than an injury which results in partial incapacity of a permanent nature, which does not incapacitate the employee from earning full wages at work at which he was employed; (Amended 67 of 1996 s. 2) (b) any incapacity or death resulting from a deliberate self-injury; (c) any incapacity or death resulting from personal injury if the employee has at any time represented to the employer that he was not suffering or had not previously suffered from that or a similar injury, knowing that the representation was false; or (d) any injury, not resulting in death or serious and permanent incapacity, caused by an accident which is directly attributable to the employee's addiction to drugs or his having been at the time of the accident under the influence of alcohol.(3) In any proceedings under this Ordinance where it is proved that the injury to an employee is attributable to the serious and wilful misconduct of that employee, or that an injury by accident arising out of and in the course of his employment is deliberately aggravated by the employee, any compensation claimed in respect of that injury shall be disallowed; except that where the injury results in death or serious incapacity, the Court on consideration of all the circumstances may award the compensation provided by this Ordinance or such part thereof as it shall think fit. (4) For the purposes of this Ordinance- (a) an accident arising in the course of an employee's employment shall be deemed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, also to have arisen out of that employment; (b) an accident to an employee shall be deemed to arise out of and in the course of his employment, notwithstanding that the employee was at the time when the accident happened acting in contravention of any statutory or other regulation applicable to his employment, or of any orders given by or on behalf of his employer, or that he was acting without instructions from his employer, if such act was done by the employee for the purposes of and in connection with his employer's trade or business; (c) an accident to an employee shall be deemed to arise out of and in the course of his employment if it happens- (i) while, with the consent of his employer, the employee is being trained in first aid, ambulance or rescue work or engaged in any competition or exercise in connection therewith; (ii) in, at or about any premises other than his employer's while, with the consent of his employer, the employee is engaged in any first aid, ambulance or rescue work or in any competition or exercise in connection therewith; or (iii) in, at or about his employer's premises while the employee is engaged in any first aid, ambulance or rescue work, notwithstanding that in the case of rescue work the employee was acting in contravention of any statutory or other regulation applicable to his employment, or of any orders given by or on behalf of his employer, or that he was acting without instructions from his employer, if when such act was done the employee reasonably acted in order to rescue, succour or protect any other person who had suffered, or who was reasonably believed to be in danger of, injury, or to avert or minimize serious damage to property of the employer;(d) an accident to an employee shall be deemed to arise out of and in the course of his employment if it happens to the employee while he is, with the express or implied permission of his employer, travelling as a passenger by any means of transport to or from his place of work and at the time of the accident, the means of transport is being operated- |