Crimes Ordinance

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Crimes Ordinance
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Legislative Council of Hong Kong
  • An ordinance to consolidate certain penal enactments.
Citation Cap. 200
Enacted by Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Enacted22 October 1971
Legislative history
Introduced by Attorney General Denys Tudor Emil Roberts
Introduced19 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 of Hong Kong relating to certain consolidated penal enactments. Like Macau, penal and criminal law in Hong Kong is different from what is applied in China.

Contents

History

The ordinance consolidated the original Crimes Ordinance of 1971 with several others ordinances:

Current version

The current provisions of the ordinance includes:

See also

Penal/criminal codes from other parts of China:

Penal/criminal codes from similar Common law jurisdictions:

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