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(4) References in this Ordinance to offences include a reference to offences committed before the commencement of this Ordinance; but nothing in this Ordinance imposes any duty or confers any power on any court in or in connection with proceedings against a person for a drug trafficking offence instituted before the commencement of this Ordinance.
(5) References in this Ordinance to property received in connection with drug trafficking include a reference to property received both in that connection and in some other connection.
(6) Subsections (7) to (13) shall have effect for the interpretation of this Ordinance.
(7) Property is held by any person if he holds any interest in it.
(8) References to property held by a person include a reference to property vested in his trustee in bankruptcy or in a liquidator.
(9) References to an interest held by a person beneficially in property include, where the property is vested in his trustee in bankruptcy or in a liquidator, a reference to an interest which would be held by him beneficially if the property were not so vested.
(10) Property is transferred by one person to another if the first person transfers or grants to the other any interest in the property.
(11) Proceedings for an offence are instituted in Hong Kong-
(a) when a magistrate issues a warrant or summons under section 72 of the
Magistrates Ordinance (Cap. 227) in respect of the offence;
(b) when a person is charged with the offence after being taken into custody
without a warrant; or
(c) when an indictment is preferred by the direction or with the consent of a judge under section 24A(1)(b) of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance (Cap. 221),
and where the application of this subsection would result in there being more than one time for the institution of proceedings, they shall be taken to have been instituted at the earliest of those times.
(12) Proceedings in Hong Kong for an offence are concluded on the occurrence of one of the following events-
(a) the discontinuance of the proceedings whether by entry of a nolle prosequi or
otherwise;
(b) an order or verdict acquitting the defendant, not being an order or verdict which is subject to appeal or review within the meaning of subsection (13);
(c) the quashing of his conviction for the offence except where, under section 83E of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance (Cap. 221), an order is made that he be retried;
(d) the grant of Her Majesty's pardon in respect of his conviction for the offence;
(e) the court or magistrate sentencing or otherwise dealing with him in respect of his conviction for the offence where the Attorney General either does not apply for a confiscation order, or applies for a confiscation order and the order is not made; or