| Short Title: | Crimes Ordinance |
| Legislature: | Legislative Council of Hong Kong |
| Long Title: | An ordinance to consolidate certain penal enactments. |
| Enacted By: | Legislative Council of Hong Kong |
| Date Enacted: | 22 October 1971 |
| Introduced By: | Attorney General Denys Tudor Emil Roberts |
| Bill Date: | 19 November 1971 |
| 1St Reading: | 3 November 1971 |
| 2Nd Reading: | 3 November 1971 |
| 3Rd 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 |
The Crimes Ordinance, 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.
The ordinance consolidated the original Crimes Ordinance of 1971 with several others ordinances:
The current provisions of the ordinance includes:
Penal/criminal codes from other parts of China:
Penal/criminal codes from similar Common law jurisdictions: