Hong Kong Ordinances

TOYS AND CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS SAFETY ORDINANCE - SECT 11

Prohibition notice

(1) Where the Commissioner reasonably believes that a toy or children's
product-

   (a)  does not comply with the applicable requirements of at least one of
        the sets of safety standards listed in section 3(1)(a), (b) and

   (c)  , the relevant specification, or at least one of the relevant 
        specifications (if there is more than one specification), listed in
        the Schedule or an additional safety standard established by
        regulation; or (Amended 16 of 1997 s. 8)

   (b)  to which no safety standards or specifications apply under this
        Ordinance is or may be unsafe, the Commissioner may serve on a person
        a prohibition notice, prohibiting that person from supplying that toy
        or children's product for a specified period of time not exceeding 6
        months.

(2) A person who is served with a prohibition notice and fails or refuses to
comply with it commits an offence. (Enacted 1992)