Hong Kong Ordinances

FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION ORDINANCE - SECT 24

Presumptions

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) Any person who is proved to have had in his physical possession-

   (a)  anything containing arms or ammunition, or both;

   (b)  the keys of any baggage, briefcase, box, case, cupboard, drawer,
        safe-deposit box, safe or other similar containers containing arms or
        ammunition, or both, shall, until the contrary is proved, be presumed
        to have had the arms or ammunition, or both, as the case may be, in
        his possession.

(2) Any person who is proved or presumed to have had arms or ammunition, or
both, in his possession shall, until the contrary is proved, be presumed to
have known the nature of such arms or ammunition, or both, as the case may be.

(3) The presumptions provided for in this section shall not be rebutted by
proof that the defendant never had physical possession of the arms or
ammunition, or both, as the case may be. (Replaced 14 of 2000 s. 12)