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KARAOKE ESTABLISHMENTS ORDINANCE :(c) the chant, intonation, song or vocalization is blended or mixed with the music or other sound or the visual image or other information by means of an amplifier, microphone, speaker or any other amplifying device;

“karaoke establishment” (卡拉OK場所) means, subject to section 3, any place opened, kept or used for the purpose of karaoke by way of trade or business, whether or not the trade or business is carried on exclusively or in association or connection with any other trade or business activity and whether or not the place is a place to which the public have or are permitted to have access;

“licence” (牌照) means a licence issued under section 5(2)(c) or renewed under section 8(1) to operate a karaoke establishment or a provisional licence;

“licensee” (持牌人) means a person to whom a licence has been issued or transferred or whose licence has been renewed;

“licensing authority” (發牌當局) means—
 * (a) in the case of a karaoke establishment—
 * (i) in premises in respect of which a licence has been issued under the Hotel and Guesthouse Accommodation Ordinance (Cap. 349); or
 * (ii) in premises in respect of which a certificate of compliance has been issued under the Clubs (Safety of Premises) Ordinance (Cap. 376),
 * and is for the time being in force, the Secretary for Home Affairs;
 * (b) in the case of a karaoke establishment in premises in respect of which a licence for the operation of a restaurant has been granted under the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance (Cap. 132) and is for the time being in force, the Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene;
 * (c) in the case of a karaoke establishment in premises, other than of the description mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b), in respect of which a business registration certificate has been issued under the Business Registration Ordinance (Cap. 310) and is for the time being in force, the Secretary for Home Affairs;

“permit” (許可證) means a permit granted under section 5(2)(a) or renewed under section 8(1) to operate a karaoke establishment or a provisional permit;

“provisional licence” (臨時牌照) means a provisional licence granted or renewed under section 9 to operate a karaoke establishment;

“provisional permit” (臨時許可證) means a provisional permit granted or renewed under section 9 to operate a karaoke establishment.