Hong Kong Ordinances

PUBLIC ORDER ORDINANCE - SECT 49

Power to require identification

(1) Where a member of Her Majesty's forces acting in the course of his duty or
a police officer reasonably believes that it is necessary for the purpose of
preventing, detecting or investigating any offence for which the sentence is
fixed by law or for which a person may (on a first conviction for that
offence) be sentenced to imprisonment, the member or officer may require any
person to produce proof of his identity for inspection, and any person who
fails to comply with any such requirement commits an offence and is liable on
summary conviction to a fine of $10000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.

(2) In this section "proof of identity" (身分證明) has the same meaning as
in section 17B of the Immigration Ordinance ( Cap 115). (Replaced 77 of 1995
s. 16)

"proof of identity" (身分證明)