Crimes Ordinance
| Crimes Ordinance | |
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| Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
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| Citation | Cap. 200 |
| Enacted by | Legislative Council of Hong Kong |
| Enacted | 22 October 1971 |
| Legislative history | |
| Introduced by | Attorney General Denys Tudor Emil Roberts |
| Introduced | 19 November 1971 |
| First reading | 3 November 1971 |
| Second reading | 3 November 1971 |
| Third reading | 17 November 1971 |
| Related legislation | |
| Coinage Offences Ordinance 1964 Criminal Intimidation Ordinance 1964 Explosive Substances Ordinance 1966 False Personation Ordinance 1964 Falsification of Documents Ordinance 1964 Forgery Ordinance 1964 Perjury Ordinance 1970 Punishment of Incest Ordinance 1964 Sedition Ordinance 1970 | |
| Status: Current legislation | |
The Crimes Ordinance (Cap. 200), last amended in 1972, is a law relating to certain consolidated penal enactments. Like Macau, penal/criminal law in Hong Kong is different from what is applied in China.
History
The ordinance consolidated the original Crimes Ordinance of 1971 with several others ordinances:
- Coinage Offences Ordinance 1964 (Cap. 204)
- Criminal Intimidation Ordinance 1964 (Cap. 205)
- Explosive Substances Ordinance 1966 (Cap. 206)
- False Personation Ordinance 1964 (Cap. 207)
- Falsification of Documents Ordinance 1964 (Cap. 208)
- Forgery Ordinance 1964 (Cap. 209)
- Perjury Ordinance 1970 (Cap. 214)
- Punishment of Incest Ordinance 1964 (Cap. 216)
- Sedition Ordinance 1970 (Cap. 217)
Current version
The current provisions of the ordinance includes:
- Treason
- Other offences against the state
- Piracy
- Intimidation
- Perjury
- Incest
- Explosive substances
- Unmarked Plastic Explosives
- Criminal Damage to Property
- Forgery and related offences
- False Certification and personation
- Counterfeiting and kindred offences
- Sexual and Related Offences
- Preliminary offences
- Miscellaneous Offences
See also
Penal/criminal codes from other parts of China:
Penal/criminal codes from similar Common law jurisdictions: