| 单词 | Currency |
| 释义 | 貨幣 1. Money in circulation in an economy by which sales and purchases are effected. Hong Kong’s monetary unit (or unit of currency) is the Hong Kong dollar. After the resumption of sovereignty over Hong Kong by China, Hong Kong legal tender banknotes and coins continue to circulate but any such banknotes or coins bearing references inappropriate to the status of Hong Kong as a Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China is being progressively replaced and withdrawn from circulation. The authority to issue Hong Kong currency is vested in the Government of the Hong Kong SAR, which may authorise designated banks (note-issuing banks) to issue or continue to issue Hong Kong currency under statutory authority. The issue of Hong Kong banknotes must be backed by a 100% reserve fund: Basic Law art 111. The designated note-issuing banks are now the Bank of China, the Standard Chartered Bank and the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited: Legal Tender Notes Issue Ordinance (Cap 65) sch. 2. Coin and paper money designated as legal tender. Legal tender notes are defined to mean currency notes issued in Hong Kong by the Financial Secretary and banknotes issued in Hong Kong by a note-issuing bank in accordance with the terms and conditions to which its authorisation is subject: Legal Tender Notes Issue Ordinance (Cap 65) s 2. All legal tender notes shall be legal tender in Hong Kong to any amount: s 4. In particular, every such note shall be deemed to be a currency of Hong Kong for the purpose of any promise to pay printed on it: s 4. The Chief Executive in Council may by order authorise the issue of coins which shall be legal tender for payment. Each coin shall be legal tender only for the amount of its denomination: Coinage Ordinance (Cap 454) s 2. Unless the contrary appears, there is a presumption that the determination in what currency a debt is to be paid is governed by the lex loci solutionis (law of the country where the performance is to take place): Adelaide Electric Supply Co v Prudential Assurance Co [1934] AC 122. The lex monetae (law of the country of the currency) defines the meaning of the currency and what constitutes legal tender for that country. A plaintiff suing in a Hong Kong court for a debt governed by the law of another jurisdiction, may make that claim in Hong Kong dollars or in the currency of the contract. 3. The currency of a bill of exchange refers to the period for which it is drawn or the period which it has to run before maturity. The currency of a bill of exchange payable after sight will begin to run once it is accepted. See also Exchange rate; Legal tender; Lex loci solutionis; Usury. 1. 一國經濟運行中流通的可以用於買賣的貨幣。香港的貨幣單位是香港美元。香港回歸後，香港法定貨幣的鈔票和硬幣仍可以流通，但是任何涉及到歪曲香港作為中華人民共和國特別行政區地位的鈔票和紙幣都要逐步被取代並從流通市場上收回。香港貨幣的發行權屬於香港特別行政區政府，它可授權獲授權銀行（發鈔銀行）在法定授權範圍內發行或繼續發行香港貨幣。香港鈔票的發行必須有100%儲備金的支持：《基本法》第111條。指定發鈔銀行目前是中國銀行(香港)有限公司，渣打銀行和香港上海匯豐銀行有限公司：《法定貨幣紙幣發行條例》（第65章）附表。 2. 被指定為法定貨幣的硬幣和紙幣。法定貨幣紙幣是指由財政司司長在香港發行的紙幣；及由獲授權的發鈔銀行按照規限有關授權的條款及條件，在香港發行的銀行紙幣：《法定貨幣紙幣發行條例》（第65章）第2條 。所有法定貨幣紙幣，無論是何款額，均是香港的法定貨幣：第4條。就該等紙幣上所印的付款承諾而言，每張該等紙幣尤須當作為香港的流通貨幣：第4條。行政長官會同行政會議可藉命令授權發行硬幣，作為支付款額用途的法定貨幣。每枚硬幣只屬其所示面額的法定貨幣：《硬幣條例》（第454章）第2條。除非有相反情況，清償債務貨幣的種類假定為依債務履行地的法律決定：Adelaide Electric Supply Co v Prudential Assurance Co [1934] AC 122。由貨幣國的法律界定貨幣的含義以及該國法定貨幣的組成。就另一法域的法律所支配的債務在香港法院起訴的原告，可以香港美元或合約中約定貨幣提出訴請。 3. 匯票的流通期間，指匯票開立的期間或是到期日前流通的期間。即期匯票是一經接受即始流通。另見 Exchange rate; Legal tender; Lex loci solutionis; Usury。n. |
| 随便看 |
|
法律词典收录了8080条英汉双解法律词条，基本涵盖了常用法律英语单词及短语词组的翻译及用法，是法律学习的有利工具。