Hong Kong Ordinances

CRIMES ORDINANCE - SECT 160

Loitering

PART XIII

MISCELLANEOUS OFFENCES

(1) A person who loiters in a public place or in the common parts of any
building with intent to commit an arrestable offence commits an  offence and
is liable to a fine of $10000 and to imprisonment for 6 months. (Replaced 74
of 1992 s. 3)

(2) Any person who loiters in a public place or in the common parts of any
building and in any way wilfully obstructs any person using that place or the
common parts of that building, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be
liable on conviction to imprisonment for 6 months.

(3) If any person loiters in a public place or in the common parts of any
building and his presence there, either alone or with others, causes any
person reasonably to be concerned for his safety or well-being, he shall be
guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for 2
years.

(4) In this section "common parts" (公用部分), in relation to a building,
means-

   (a)  any entrance hall, lobby, passageway, corridor, staircase, landing,
        rooftop, lift or escalator;

   (b)  any cellar, toilet, water closet, wash house, bath-house or kitchen
        which is in common use by the occupiers of the building;

   (c)  any compound, garage, carpark, car port or lane. (Added 37 of 1979 s.
        2)

"common parts" (公用部分)