Legal Tender Notes Issue Ordinance

A statute to regulate the issue of banknotes and currency notes. Under the Ordinance, the banknotes issued by Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited, Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited and The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited and the HK$10 currency notes issued by the Financial Secretary pursuant thereto since 2002 are legal tender notes within Hong Kong.

See also Coinage Ordinance.