### Public Order Ordinance 《公安條例》

18. Unlawful assembly
(1) When 3 or more persons, assembled together, conduct themselves in a disorderly, intimidating, insulting or provocative manner intended or likely to cause any person reasonably to fear that the persons so assembled will commit a breach of the peace, or will by such conduct provoke other persons to commit a breach of the peace, they are an unlawful assembly. (Amended 31 of 1970 s. 11)
(2) It is immaterial that the original assembly was lawful if being assembled, they conduct themselves in such a manner as aforesaid.
(3) Any person who takes part in an assembly which is an unlawful assembly by virtue of subsection (1) shall be guilty of the offence of unlawful assembly and shall be liable— (Amended 31 of 1970 s. 11)
(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for 5 years; and
(b) on summary conviction, to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 3 years.
(Amended E.R. 1 of 2013)

19. Riot
(1) When any person taking part in an assembly which is an unlawful assembly by virtue of section 18(1) commits a breach of the peace, the assembly is a riot and the persons assembled are riotously assembled. (Amended 31 of 1970 s. 12)
(2) Any person who takes part in a riot shall be guilty of the offence of riot and shall be liable—
(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for 10 years; and
(b) on summary conviction, to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 5 years.
(Amended E.R. 1 of 2013)

20. Rioters demolishing buildings, etc.
(1) Any person taking part in a riot who unlawfully pulls down or destroys or begins to pull down or destroy any motor vehicle, tramcar, aircraft, vessel, building, railway, machinery or structure shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable—
(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for 14 years; and
(b) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for 5 years.
(2) A person may be convicted of an offence under this section whether or not he has been charged with or convicted of any other offence under this Part.

### Public Order Ordinance 《公安條例》

21. Rioters damaging buildings, machinery, etc.
(1) Any person taking part in a riot who unlawfully damages any of the things specified in section 20 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable—
(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for 10 years; and
(b) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for 5 years.
(2) A person may be convicted of an offence under this section whether or not he has been charged with or convicted of any other offence under this Part.

22. Riotously preventing the sailing of ship, aircraft or train
(1) Any person taking part in a riot who unlawfully and with force prevents, hinders or obstructs, or attempts to prevent, hinder or obstruct, the loading or unloading, or the movement, of any motor vehicle, tramcar, aircraft, train or vessel, or unlawfully and with force boards, or attempts to board, any motor vehicle, tramcar, aircraft, train or vessel with intent to do so, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 3 years.
(2) A person may be convicted of an offence under this section whether or not he has been charged with or convicted of any other offence under this Part.
(Amended E.R. 1 of 2013)

23. Forcible entry
(1) Any person who enters on any premises in a violent manner, whether or not he is entitled to enter thereon and whether such violence consists in actual force applied to any other person or in threats or in breaking open any building or in collecting an unusual number of people, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 2 years.
(2) Nothing in this section shall make it an offence for a person to enter upon his own premises if they are in his possession or in the custody of his servant or agent. (Replaced 31 of 1970 s. 13)
(Amended E.R. 1 of 2013)

24. Forcible detainer of premises
Any person who, being in unlawful possession of premises, holds possession of them, in a manner likely to cause a breach of the peace or to cause any person reasonably to fear that a breach of the peace may occur, against a person entitled by law to the possession of the premises shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 2 years.
(Amended E.R. 1 of 2013)

### Public Order Ordinance 《公安條例》

25. Fighting in public
Any person who takes part in an unlawful fight in a public place shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 12 months.
(Amended 31 of 1970 s. 14; E.R. 1 of 2013)

26. Proposing violence at public gatherings
Any person who, without lawful authority, at any public gathering makes any statement, or behaves in a manner, which is intended or which he knows or ought to know is likely to incite or induce any person— (Amended 31 of 1970 s. 15)
(a) to kill or do physical injury to any person or to any class or community of persons;
(b) to destroy or do any damage to any property; or
(c) to deprive any person by force or fear of the possession or use of any property either permanently or temporarily,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable—
(i) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for 5 years; and
(ii) on summary conviction to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 2 years.
(Amended E.R. 1 of 2013)

28. Bomb hoaxes
(1) Any person who—
(a) places any article or substance in any place whatever; or
(b) dispatches any article or substance by post, rail, sea, air or any other means whatever of sending things from one place to another,
with the intention of inducing some other person to believe that it is likely to explode or ignite and thereby cause personal injury or damage to property shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) Any person who communicates any information which he knows or believes to be false to another person with the intention of inducing him or any other person to believe that a bomb or other article, substance or thing liable to explode or ignite is present in any place or location whatever shall be guilty of an offence.
(3) For a person to be guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or (2) it shall not be necessary for him to have any particular person in mind as the person in whom he intends to induce the belief mentioned in those subsections.
(4) Any person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine at level 5 and to imprisonment for 3 years; and
(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine of $150,000 and to imprisonment for 5 years.
(Amended E.R. 1 of 2013)