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otherwise than by lawful means, of any other matter in Hong Kong as by law established; or
to bring into hatred or contempt or to excite disaffection against the administration of justice in Hong Kong; or
to raise discontent or disaffection against Her Majesty's subjects or inhabitants of Hong Kong; or
to promote feelings of ill-will and enmity between different classes of inhabitants of Hong Kong; or
to incite persons to violence; or
to counsel disobedience to law or to any lawful order
Blasphemy is a common law misdemeanour to publish blasphemous matter orally or in writing. Matter is blasphemous if it denies the truth of the Christian religion or the Bible or the Book of Common Prayer or the existence of God. The gift of the offence is a supposed tendency to shake the fabric of society generally and not to restrict freedom of religion. Thus blasphemous words are punishable for their manner, their violence or ribaldry, or, more fully stated for their tendency to endanger the peace then and there, to deprave public morality generally, to shake the fabric of society and to be a cause of civil strife.
153. Why is there no prohibition of racial and religious hatred. (SR 162 Paragraph 16)
In Hong Kong there is no statutory prohibition against advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred in the terms provided by paragraph 2 of Article 20. However acts which may incite hostility or violence may give rise to criminal prosecution.
A person commits an offence under the Public Order Ordinance if at any public gathering he makes any statement, or behaves in a manner, which is intended or which he knows or ought to know is likely to incite or induce any person:
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to kill or do physical injury to any person or to any class or community or persons;
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to destroy or to do any damage to any property;
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to deprive any person by force or fear of the possession or use of any property either permanently or temporarily.
To incite another to commit any common law or statutory offences is indictable at common law even though the incitement has no effect. However no offence is committed where the offence alleged