Hong Kong Ordinances

PUBLIC ORDER ORDINANCE - SECT 32

Carrying offensive weapons during curfew

(1) Any person who, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, carries or
has in his possession in any area in which a curfew order is in force and
during the hours during which the curfew imposed thereby is operative any
offensive weapon shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary
conviction to a fine of $5000 and to imprisonment for 3 years. (Amended 31 of
1970 s. 21)

(2) A person shall not be convicted of an offence under this section if he
proves to the satisfaction of the court that he carried or had in his
possession the offensive weapon-

   (a)  solely for domestic or defensive purposes within enclosed premises
        which he was lawfully occupying or in which he was lawfully present;
        or

   (b)  with the authority of his employer and solely for domestic or
        defensive purposes within enclosed premises in the lawful occupation
        of his employer.

(3) Where any person is convicted of an offence under subsection

(1), the court may make an order for the forfeiture of any offensive  weapon
in respect of which the offence was committed.