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Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department
Airport Authority
All registries and administrative offices of courts and tribunals for which the Judiciary Administrator has responsibility
Architectural Services Department
Audit Commission
Auxiliary Medical Services (department)
Buildings Department
Census and Statistics Department
Civil Aid Services (department)
Civil Aviation Department
Civil Engineering and Development Department (formerly known as Civil Engineering Department and Territory Development Department)^^
Civil Service Training and Development Institute
Companies Registry
Correctional Services Department
Customs and Excise Department
Department of Health
Department of Justice
Drainage Services Department
Electrical and Mechanical Services Department
Employees Retraining Board#
Environmental Protection Department
Equal Opportunities Commission@
Fire Services Department
Joint Secretariat for the Advisory Bodies on Civil Service and Judicial Salaries and Conditions of Service (formerly known as Secretariat of the Standing Commission on Civil Service and Secretariat of the Standing Committee on Disciplined Service Salaries and Conditions of Service)★
Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation
Labour Department
Land Registry
Lands Department
Legal Aid Department
Legislative Council Secretariat
Leisure and Cultural Services Department¶
Management Services Agency
Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority#
Marine Department
Office of the Telecommunications Authority
Official Languages Agency
Official Receiver’s Office
Planning Department
Post Office |
Financial Reporting Council
Food and Environmental Hygiene Department¶
General Office of the Chief Executive's Office
Government Flying Service
Government Laboratory
Government Logistics Department (formerly known as Government Land Transport Agency, Government Supplies Department and Printing Department)◎
Government Property Agency
Government Secretariat
Highways Department
Home Affairs Department
Hong Kong Arts Development Council
Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority (formerly known as Hong Kong Examinations Authority)§
Hong Kong Housing Authority
Hong Kong Housing Society
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Hong Kong Observatory
Hong Kong Sports Institute Limited¨
Hospital Authority
Housing Department
Immigration Department
Information Services Department
Information Technology Services Department
Inland Revenue Department
Intellectual Property Department
Invest Hong Kong^
Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data@
Radio Television Hong Kong
Rating and Valuation Department
Registration and Electoral Office
Registry of Trade Unions
Securities and Futures Commission
Social Welfare Department
Student Financial Assistance Agency*
Technical Education and Industrial Training Department
Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority
Trade and Industry Department (formerly known as Trade Department)^
Transport Department
Treasury
Urban Renewal Authority+
University Grants Committee, Secretariat
Vocational Training Council
Water Supplies Department |
*Not specified in the Ordinance but included in The Ombudsman’s jurisdiction.
#Being put under The Ombudsman's jurisdiction with effect from 4 June 1999.
¶ Being put under The Ombudsman's jurisdiction with effect from 1 January 2000.
^Being put under The Ombudsman's jurisdiction with effect from 1 July 2000.
+Being put under The Ombudsman's jurisdiction with effect from 1 May 2001.
★Being put under The Ombudsman's jurisdiction with effect from 1 December 2001.
@ Being put under The Ombudsman’s jurisdiction with effect from 19 December 2001.
§Being put under The Ombudsman’s jurisdiction with effect from 19 July 2002.
◎Being put under The Ombudsman’s jurisdiction with effect from 1 July 2003.
^^Being put under The Ombudsman’s jurisdiction with effect from 1 July 2004.
¨Being put under The Ombudsman’s jurisdiction with effect from 4 January 2005. |
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Independent Commission Against Corruption
Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force
Hong Kong Police force
Secretariat of the Independent Police Complaints Council
Secretariat of the Public Service Commission |
FINANCES, ETC. OF OMBUDSMAN
1. Resources of Ombudsman
The resources of the Ombudsman shall consist of -
(a) all money appropriated by the Legislative Council under section 6(3) of this Ordinance.
(b) all other money and property, including fees, interest and accumulations of income received by the Ombudsman.
2. Investment of surplus funds
(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Ombudsman may invest his funds that are not immediately required to be expended.
(2) The Ombudsman shall not invest funds pursuant to subsection (1) except in such form of investment as the Director of Administration, after consulting with the Secretary for the Treasury, approves.
3. Accounts, audit and annual report of Ombudsman
(1) The Ombudsman shall cause proper accounts to be kept of all his financial transactions.
(2) The Ombudsman shall, as soon as practicable after the end of a financial year, prepare a statement of the accounts of the Ombudsman, which statement shall include an income and expenditure account and a balance sheet.
(3) The Ombudsman shall appoint an auditor who shall, as soon as practicable after the end of a financial year, audit the accounts required under subsection (1) and the statement of accounts required under subsection (2) and shall submit a report on the statement to the Ombudsman.
(4) The Ombudsman shall, as soon as practicable and in any case within 6 months after the end of a financial year, furnish -
(a) a report on his activities including a general survey of developments, during that year, in respect of matters falling within the scope of his functions;
(b) a copy of the statement of accounts required under subsection (2); and
(c) the auditor’s report on the statement,
to the Chief Executive who shall cause them to be tabled in the Legislative Council.
4. Director of Audit’s examination
(1) The Director of Audit may, in respect of any financial year, conduct an examination into the economy, efficiency and effectiveness with which the Ombudsman has expended his resources in performing his functions and exercising his powers.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), the Director of Audit shall have a right of access at all reasonable times to all such documents as he may reasonably require for conducting an examination under this section and shall be entitled to require from any person holding or being accountable for any such document such information and explanation as he considers reasonably necessary for that purpose.
(3) Subsection (2) applies only to documents in the custody and control of the Ombudsman.
(4) The Director of Audit may report to the President of the Legislative Council the results of an examination conducted by him under this section.
(5) Subsection (1) shall not operate to entitle the Director of Audit to question the merits of the policy objectives of the Ombudsman.
5. Exemption from taxation
(1) The Ombudsman shall be exempt from taxation under the Inland Revenue Ordinance (Cap. 112).
(2) For the avoidance of doubt, it is declared that subsection (1) does not apply to or in relation to any salary or other benefit referred to in section 3(6) of this Ordinance payable out of the general revenue.
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