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HONG KONG PUBLIC ORDER (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE
DRAFT GUIDELINES FOR USE BY ATTORNEY GENERAL'S STAFF IN
INTERPRETING THE ORDINANCE
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ALL COUNSEL IN PROSECUTION DIVISION
S. 27 PUBLIC ORDER ORDINANCE
CAP. 245
1.
The purpose of this circular is to state the approach which the Attorney General intends to adopt when deciding whether a
prosecution should be brought under the new section 27 of the Public Order Ordinance (CAP. 245) which came into force on 13 March 87.
This circular has, of course, no status in law; it is intended to provide guidance to those called upon to give advice to the Attorney General; it is not an exhaustive statement of the law, nor can it
cover every conceivable situation.
2.
Section 27 provides as follows :
"(1)
Any person who publishes false news which is likely to cause
alarm to the public or a section thereof or disturb public
order shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable -
(A) on conviction on indictment, to a fine of $100,000 and to
imprisonment for two years; and
(B) on summary conviction, to a fine of $30,000 and to
imprisonment for six months.
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