The Crimes Ordinance (), last amended in 1972, is a law relating to certain consolidated penal enactments. Like
Macau
Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a pop ...
, 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
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Legal system of Macau
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Law of Hong Kong
The law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has its foundation in the English common law system, inherited from being a former British colony and dependent territory. There are several sources of law, the primary ones being statut ...
Penal/criminal codes from other parts of China:
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Penal Code of Macau
Penal/criminal codes from similar Common law jurisdictions:
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Crimes Act
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Crimes Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used for legislation in Australia, New Zealand and the United States, relating to the criminal law (including both substantive and procedural aspects of th ...
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Criminal Code (Canada)
The ''Criminal Code'' (french: Code criminel)The citation of this Act by these short titles is authorised by thEnglishantexts of section 1. is a law that codifies most criminal offences and procedures in Canada. Its official long title is ''A ...
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English Criminal Code
External links
*{{wikisource-inline, Crimes Ordinance 1971, single=true
Crimes Ordinance
Hong Kong legislation
Crime in Hong Kong
Criminal codes