Hong Kong Ordinances

CRIMES ORDINANCE - SECT 24

Certain acts of intimidation prohibited

PART IV

INTIMIDATION

Any person who threatens any other person-

   (a)  with any injury to the person, reputation or property of such other
        person; or

   (b)  with any injury to the person, reputation or property of any third
        person, or to the reputation or estate of any deceased person; or

   (c)  with any illegal act, with intent in any such case-

        (i)    to alarm the person so threatened or any other person; or

        (ii)   to cause the person so threatened or any other person to do any
               act which he is not legally bound to do; or

        (iii)  to cause the person so threatened or any other person to omit
               to do any act which he is legally entitled to do, shall be
               guilty of an offence.

(13 of 1920 s. 2 incorporated) [cf. Indian Penal Code s. 503]