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Summary Offences
[1989 Ed.
4C. Permits for lion dances, etc.
(1) Subject to subsection (2), any person who organizes or participates in a lion dance, dragon dance or unicorn dance, or any attendant martial arts display, in a public place, save under and in accordance with the conditions of any such general or special permit as the Commissioner of Police in his absolute discretion may issue, is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $2,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to any person exempted by the Commissioner of Police.
(3) No prosecution shall be brought under subsection (1) without the consent of the Attorney General.
(Added 11 of 1981 s. 2)
4D. Marine littering
(1) Any person who without lawful authority or excuse deposits or causes or permits to be deposited any litter into the waters of Hong Kong or in any place (not being a place in respect of which management or control is vested in a public officer or public body) from which it is likely that the litter will be swept by the tide into the waters of Hong Kong commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $10,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months. (Amended 33 of 1989 ss. 3 & 5)
(2) Where an offence is committed under subsection (1) from any vessel, or from any place or premises, (not being a place or premises in respect of which management or control is vested in a public officer or public body) the owner or master of the vessel or the proprietor or occupier of the place or premises, or the part thereof from which the offence was committed shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of $50,000 and to imprisonment for 1 year. (Amended 33 of 1989 s. 3)
(3) It shall be no defence to a charge against the owner or master of a vessel or the proprietor or occupier of any place or premises under subsection (2) that the person who committed the offence under subsection (1) has not been prosecuted or that the litter was deposited without his knowledge or consent, but he shall not be convicted if he proves that the commission of the offence was due to an accident or some other cause beyond his control and that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence.
(4) This section shall not apply to the discharge of sewage from a vessel into the waters of Hong Kong in the usual course of the operation of the sewerage system of the vessel.
(Added 38 of 1981 s. 4. Amended 33 of 1989 s. 5)
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CAP. 228]
Summary Offences
[1989 Ed.
4C. Permits for lion dances, etc.
(1) Subject to subsection (2), any person who organizes or participates in a lion dance, dragon dance or unicorn dance, or any attendant martial arts display, in a public place, save under and in accordance with the conditions of any such general or special permit as the Commissioner of Police in his absolute discretion may issue, is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $2,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to any person exempted by the Commissioner of Police.
(3) No prosecution shall be brought under subsection (1) without the consent of the Attorney General.
(Added 11 of 1981 s. 2)
4D. Marine littering
(1) Any person who without lawful authority or excuse deposits or causes or permits to be deposited any litter into the waters of Hong Kong or in any place (not being a place in respect of which management or control is vested in a public officer or public body) from which it is likely that the litter will be swept by the tide into the waters of Hong Kong commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $10,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months. (Amended 33 of 1989 ss. 3 & 5)
(2) Where an offence is committed under subsection (1) from any vessel, or from any place or premises, (not being a place or premises in respect of which management or control is vested in a public officer or public body) the owner or master of the vessel or the proprietor or occupier of the place or premises, or the part thereof from which the offence was committed shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of $50,000 and to imprisonment for 1 year. (Amended 33 of 1989 s. 3)
(3) It shall be no defence to a charge against the owner or master of a vessel or the proprietor or occupier of any place or premises under subsec- tion (2) that the person who committed the offence under subsection (1) has not been prosecuted or that the litter was deposited without his knowledge or consent, but he shall not be convicted if he proves that the commission of the offence was due to an accident or some other cause beyond his control and that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence.
(4) This section shall not apply to the discharge of sewage from a vessel into the waters of Hong Kong in the usual course of the operation of the sewerage system of the vessel.
(Added 38 of 1981 s. 4. Amended 33 of 1989 s. 5)
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