### Amusement Game Centres Ordinance 《遊戲機中心條例》

19. Offences in relation to a licence
(1) Any person who on any occasion—
(a) operates, keeps, manages or otherwise has control of a licensed amusement game centre in contravention of any condition of the licence; or
(b) in any capacity assists, either directly or indirectly, in the operation, keeping, management or other control of a licensed amusement game centre in contravention of any condition of the licence,
commits an offence.
(2) Where an offence under subsection (1)(a) is alleged to have been committed, any evidence which proves that a defendant did any act in connection with the operation, keeping, management or other control of a licensed amusement game centre is, in the absence of any evidence which proves that the defendant did not operate, keep, manage or otherwise have control of a licensed amusement game centre, proof that the defendant operated, kept, managed or otherwise had control of a licensed amusement game centre.
(3) Where a condition of a licence is contravened the licensee commits an offence unless he proves that—
(a) he did not know and had no reason to suspect the existence of the circumstances giving rise to the contravention; and
(b) he could not, by the exercise of reasonable supervision and reasonable diligence, have prevented those circumstances arising.
(4) Any person who makes any false or misleading statement or furnishes any false or misleading information in connection with any application under section 5(1), 6(2), 7(1) or 8(1) commits an offence.
(5) Any person who commits an offence under this section shall be liable—
(a) on first conviction, to a fine at level 5 and to imprisonment for 6 months;
(b) on second or subsequent conviction, to a fine at level 6 and to imprisonment for 1 year.
(Amended E.R. 2 of 2012)

### Amusement Game Centres Ordinance 《遊戲機中心條例》

20. Offence in relation to gaining admission to a licensed amusement game centre
(1) No person who has attained the age of 16 years shall gain or attempt to gain admission to any licensed amusement game centre authorized under section 5(7)(c)(ii)(A), for the playing of any game by persons under the age of 16 years.
(2) Any person who has attained the age of 16 years and who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine at level 5 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(3) In a prosecution for an offence under subsection (1) it shall be a defence for the person charged to show that—
(a) he did not know that the licensed amusement game centre was authorized under section 5(7)(c)(ii)(A), for the playing of any game by persons under the age of 16 years; and
(b) he could not, with the exercise of reasonable diligence, have known that the licensed amusement game centre was so authorized.
(4) This section shall not apply to—
(a) a licensee;
(b) an agent or servant of a licensee;
(c) a public officer in the exercise of any power or the execution of any duty under this or any other Ordinance;
(d) a person who has attained the age of 16 years accompanying another person who is under the age of 16 years, for the purposes of the care and welfare of that other person; or
(e) any person exempted in writing by the appointed public officer. (Amended 17 of 2011 s. 28)
(Amended E.R. 1 of 2013)

### Amusement Game Centres Ordinance 《遊戲機中心條例》

21. Proof of licence and proof of prior conviction
(1) For the purpose of any proceedings under this Ordinance a document purporting to be a copy of a licence and of any conditions to which the licence is subject, and to be certified by a public officer appointed in writing by the appointed public officer for that purpose to be a true copy, shall be received in evidence on its production without further proof and it shall be presumed that— (Amended 17 of 2011 s. 28)
(a) the document is a true copy of the licence;
(b) the person who certified the document was a public officer appointed in writing by the appointed public officer for that purpose; and (Amended 17 of 2011 s. 28)
(c) the licence was granted in respect of the place stated in the document to the person stated in the document and is subject to those conditions.
(2) For the purposes of any proceedings under section 4, a document purporting to be a certificate signed by a police officer of the rank of superintendent or above that the person named in the certificate was on the date specified in the certificate convicted of an offence contrary to section 4 and that the offence was committed in relation to a place stated in the certificate shall be admitted in evidence in any proceedings under section 4 on its production and without further proof and it shall be presumed that—
(a) the person who signed the certificate was a police officer of the rank stated in the certificate; and
(b) the person named in the certificate was on any date specified in the certificate convicted of an offence contrary to section 4 and that the offence was committed in relation to the place stated in the certificate.

22. Forfeiture
The court may, on the conviction of any person of an offence under section 4 or 19 relating to an amusement game centre, order the forfeiture of any machine or device together with its contents and all related or ancillary components including any cabinet or other casing in which it is housed, if any, seized by a police officer or by any public officer authorized in writing by the appointed public officer in that behalf under section 17, being a machine or device which was installed or placed in the amusement game centre for the purposes of amusement, recreation or entertainment, unless the owner of the machine or device satisfies the court that there is special and exceptional reason not to order forfeiture, such as that the machine or device had been stolen and the theft reported to the police as soon as practicable; but ownership of itself of a machine or device by a person other than the person convicted or financial hardship to any person shall not be special and exceptional reason.
(Amended 17 of 2011 s. 28)

### Amusement Game Centres Ordinance 《遊戲機中心條例》

23. Existing licences
(1) An amusement game centre licence which was granted under the Miscellaneous Licences Ordinance (Cap. 114) and remained in force immediately before the commencement* of this section shall continue in force after such commencement* and have effect according to its tenor as if it were a licence granted under section 5 of this Ordinance.
(2) The appointed public officer may, in respect of any licence to which subsection (1) applies, by notice in writing served upon the licensee either personally or by registered post, impose any condition in addition to or instead of any condition of such licence as he thinks fit. (Amended 17 of 2011 s. 28)

25. (Omitted as spent—E.R. 2 of 2012)

### case may be

1. Fees
(1) The fees payable for the purposes of section 18(1)(a) of the Ordinance shall be the fees prescribed in the Schedule.
(2) Where a licence is granted or renewed for a period of less than 12 months, the fees payable under subsection (1) shall be the sum obtained by dividing the amount of the prescribed fee by the number of days in the year when the licence is granted or renewed and multiplying the result by the total number of days in the months for which the licence is granted or renewed, as the case may be.
(3) The appointed public officer may waive, remit, reduce or refund the whole or any part of a fee for which provision is made under this Regulation. (17 of 2011 s. 28)

2. Issue of a duplicate of a licence
The appointed public officer may on application in writing to him by a licensee, showing cause to his satisfaction, and on payment of the prescribed fee, issue to the licensee a duplicate of his licence.
(17 of 2011 s. 28)

### Merchant Shipping (Limitation of Shipowners Liability) Ordinance 《商船(限制船東責任)條例》

1. Short title
(Amended E.R. 1 of 2022)(1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Limitation of Shipowners Liability) Ordinance.
(2) (Omitted as spent—E.R. 3 of 2015)