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CRIMINAL LAW (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990
(a) by repealing the heading and substituting "PIRACY AND
OTHER OFFENCES AT SEA"; and
(b) by adding after section 23-
"23A. Interpretation (sections 23A to 23C)
In this section and in sections 23B and 23C-
"act" means an act of commission or an act of omission and
includes a series of acts;
"British national" means any person who is a British citizen, a British Dependent Territories citizen, a British Over- seas citizen or a British National (Overseas);
"Hong Kong ship" means a ship which is registered or
licensed in Hong Kong;
"hovercraft” means a vehicle designed to be supported when in motion wholly, or partly, by air expelled from that vehicle to form a cushion of which the boundaries include the ground, water or other surface beneath the vehicle;
"indictable offence" means any offence other than an offence
which is triable only summarily;
"ship" includes every description of vessel used in naviga- tion and, subject to section 23B(7), also includes a hovercraft.
23B. Application of criminal law to Hong
Kong ships on high seas etc.
(1) Any act of any person which-
(a) takes place on board a Hong Kong ship on
the high seas; and
(b) apart from this section is not an offence; and (c) would, were it to take place in Hong Kong, constitute an offence under the law of Hong Kong,
shall, subject to subsections (5) and (7), whatever the citizenship or nationality of the person, constitute that offence.
(2) Any act of any person which—
(a) takes place in the waters of Hong Kong on board, or is committed in such waters by means of, a ship which is not a Hong Kong ship; and
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