Open Knowledge

Legislation 45% open

Hong Kong


What data is expected?

This data category requires all national laws and statutes available to be available online, although it is not a requirement that information on legislative behaviour e.g. voting records is available. To satisfy this category, the following minimum criteria must be met:

  • Content of the law / status
  • If applicable, all relevant amendments to the law
  • Date of last amendments
  • Data should be updated at least on quarterly

What data is available

  •   Openly licensed? No (No URL given)
  •   Is the data available for free? Yes
  •   Is the data machine readable? No (HTML; PDF)
  •   Available in bulk? No
  •   Is the data provided on a timely and up to date basis? Yes
  •   Publicly available? Yes published by Department of Justice)
  •   Is data in digital form? Yes
  •   Is the data available online? Yes (Here)
  •   Does the data exist? Yes

Details

In this case, the questions about 'available in bulk' and 'open licensing' are very pertinent. As per the terms of use (http://www.legislation.gov.hk/blis/eng/cr.html ), "downloading a large amount of Legislation from BLIS by program in one go" is not allowed.

Reviewer comments

The submission is correct.

Contributors

Reviewers

  • Kamil Gregor

Submitters

  • Rob Davidson