Crimes Ordinance

The Crimes Ordinance, Cap. 200 of the laws of Hong Kong, is legislation that consolidates a range of penal provisions, covering some but not all criminal offenses in the territory, with other major offenses set out in separate laws such as the Offences against the Person Ordinance and the Theft Ordinance. The 1971 ordinance merged nine earlier pieces of legislation covering matters including coinage offenses, intimidation, explosive substances, forgery, perjury, and sedition, and is organized into thirteen parts and two schedules. It has been amended repeatedly since, with provisions repealed and others added as recently as 2021, when voyeurism offenses were introduced, and its most recent amendment recorded as 2024. Hong Kong's criminal law under the ordinance remains distinct from mainland China's system, with the National Security Law standing as a notable exception to that separation. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/