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HONG KONG

No. 16 of 1987

I assent.

Enclosure No.

the mout

Acting Governor.

12 March 1987

An Ordinance to amend the Public Order Ordinance.

[13 March 1987]

Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent

of the Legislative Council thereof.

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Public Order (Amendment) Short title. Ordinance 1987.

2. Part V of the principal Ordinance is repealed and replaced by the Repeal and following

replacement of Part V.

(Cap. 245.)

False news.

"PART V

FALSE NEWS AND

BOMB HOAXES

27. (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 2 years; and

(b) on summary conviction, to a fine of $30,000 and to

imprisonment for 6 months.