Hong Kong Ordinances

PREVENTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ORDINANCE - SECT 12

Removal or effacement of child pornography

(1) If, on the application made by any public officer, a magistrate is
satisfied that any child pornography is publicly displayed on any building or
other structure, the magistrate may order the owner or occupier of the
building or structure to remove or efface that child  pornography.

(2) If a person against whom an order is made under subsection (1) fails to
comply with the order within the time specified in the order, or if no time is
specified, within a reasonable time, the magistrate may, on the application of
any public officer by warrant, empower any police officer, with such
assistance as may be necessary, to enter and if necessary to break into or
forcibly enter the premises or place concerned and execute that order.

(3) A police officer in executing an order under subsection (1) shall have all
the powers of a police officer acting in the execution of a warrant under
section 5, including the powers mentioned in section 6.

(4) The Commissioner of Police may apply to a magistrate for an order that a
person who has failed to comply with an order made against him under
subsection (1) shall pay any expenses reasonably incurred by a police officer
in the execution of the order under this section and the magistrate may make
an order for such payment.