### Offences against the Person Ordinance 《侵害人身罪條例》

45. Bigamy
Any person who, being married, marries any other person during the life of the former husband or wife shall be guilty of an offence triable upon indictment, and shall be liable to imprisonment for 7 years: (Amended 50 of 1991 s. 4)
Provided that nothing in this section shall extend to any person marrying a second time whose husband or wife has been continually absent from such person for the space of 7 years then last past, and has not been known by such person to be living within that time, or to any person who, at the time of such second marriage, has been divorced from the bond of the first marriage, or to any person whose former marriage has been declared void by the sentence of any court of competent jurisdiction.(Amended 30 of 1911 ss. 2 & 5)[cf. 1861 c. 100 s. 57 U.K.]

46. Administering drug or using instrument to procure abortion
Any woman, being with child, who, with intent to procure her own miscarriage, unlawfully administers to herself any poison or other noxious thing, or unlawfully uses any instrument or other means whatsoever with the like intent, and any person who, with intent to procure the miscarriage of any woman, whether she is or is not with child, unlawfully administers or causes to be taken by her any poison or other noxious thing, or unlawfully uses any instrument or other means whatsoever with the like intent, shall be guilty of an offence triable upon indictment, and shall be liable to— (Amended 50 of 1991 s. 4)
(a) imprisonment for 7 years and to pay such fine as the court may award in the case of a woman, being with child, who with intent to procure her own miscarriage, has unlawfully administered to herself any poison or other noxious thing, or has unlawfully used any instrument or other means whatsoever with the like intent; and
(b) imprisonment for life and to pay such fine as the court may award in the case of any person who with intent to procure the miscarriage of any woman, whether she was or was not with child, has unlawfully administered or caused to be taken by her any poison or other noxious thing, or has unlawfully used any instrument or other means whatsoever with the like intent.
(Amended 30 of 1911 ss. 2, 4 & 5; 13 of 1981 s. 3) [cf. 1861 c. 100 s. 58 U.K.]

### Offences against the Person Ordinance 《侵害人身罪條例》

47. Procuring drug, etc., with intent to cause abortion
Any person who unlawfully supplies or procures any poison or other noxious thing or any instrument or thing whatsoever, knowing that the same is intended to be unlawfully used or employed with intent to procure the miscarriage of any woman, whether she is or is not with child, shall be guilty of an offence triable upon indictment, and shall be liable to imprisonment for 3 years.
(Amended 30 of 1911 ss. 2 & 5; 50 of 1991 s. 4)[cf. 1861 c. 100 s. 59 U.K.]

### Offences against the Person Ordinance 《侵害人身罪條例》

47B. Child destruction
(1) Subject to subsection (2) any person who, with intent to destroy the life of a child capable of being born alive, by any wilful act causes a child to die before it has an existence independent of its mother shall be guilty of child destruction, and shall be liable to be punished as if he were guilty of manslaughter.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) a person shall not be guilty of an offence under this section unless it is proved that the act which caused the death of the child was not done in good faith for the purpose only of preserving the life of the mother.
(3) Where in any proceedings under this section it is proved that the mother had at any material time been pregnant for a period of 28 weeks or more, it shall be presumed until the contrary is proved that the mother was at that time pregnant of a child capable of being born alive.
(Added 13 of 1981 s. 5) [cf. 1929 c. 34 U.K.]

47C. Infanticide
Where a woman by any wilful act or omission causes the death of her child being a child under the age of 12 months but at the time of the act or omission the balance of her mind was disturbed by reason of her not having fully recovered from the effect of giving birth to the child or by reason of the effect of lactation consequent upon the birth of the child, then, notwithstanding that the circumstances were such that but for the provisions of this section the offence would have amounted to murder, she shall be guilty of infanticide, and shall be liable to be punished as if she were guilty of manslaughter.
(Added 13 of 1981 s. 5)

### Offences against the Person Ordinance 《侵害人身罪條例》

48. Concealing birth of child
Any person who in any manner disposes of the dead body of a child with intent to conceal the fact of its birth, whether the child died before, or during, or after birth, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for 2 years.
(Replaced 13 of 1981 s. 6)

54. Making or having gunpowder with intent to commit offence
Any person who knowingly has in his possession, or makes or manufactures, any gunpowder, explosive substance, or dangerous or noxious thing, or any machine, engine, instrument, or thing, with intent by means thereof to commit, or for the purpose of enabling any other person to commit, any of the offences under sections 2, 9A, 10 to 17, 20, 21, 22, 28, 29, 30, 32(1) and (2), 33B(1), 42, 43, 45 and 46 shall be guilty of an offence triable upon indictment, and shall be liable to imprisonment for 2 years. 
(Amended 30 of 1911 ss. 2, 4 & 5; 39 of 1954 Second Schedule; 50 of 1991 s. 4; 13 of 1995 s. 2)[cf. 1861 c. 100 s. 64 U.K.]