### Weapons Ordinance 《武器條例》

3. Application
Part II does not apply to the possession of any prohibited weapon or martial arts weapon by any person—
(a) on behalf of the Central People’s Government, including possession by an officer or member of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army who is in possession of any prohibited weapon or martial arts weapon in his capacity as such; or (Replaced 2 of 2012 s. 3)
(b) on behalf of the Government of Hong Kong, including possession by an officer or member of any of the following in his capacity as such— (Amended 78 of 1999 s. 7)
(i) (Repealed 20 of 1997 s. 25)
(ii) the Government Flying Service; (Amended 54 of 1992 s. 19)
(iii) the Hong Kong Police Force; (Amended L.N. 362 of 1997)
(iv) the Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force; (Amended L.N. 362 of 1997)
(v) the Customs and Excise Service;
(vi) the Correctional Services Department; (Amended L.N. 30 of 1982; 7 of 2021 s. 27)
(vii) the Independent Commission Against Corruption; (Amended 7 of 2021 s. 27)
(viii) the Immigration Service. (Added 7 of 2021 s. 27)

4. Possession of prohibited weapons
Any person who has possession of any prohibited weapon commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 3 years.
(Amended E.R. 6 of 2019)

5. Possession of martial arts weapons
(1) No martial arts association or member shall have possession of any martial arts weapon unless notice thereof has been given to the Commissioner in such form and in such manner as the Commissioner may from time to time specify.
(2) Every martial arts association or member who obtains possession of a martial arts weapon shall, within 48 hours of obtaining possession, give notice thereof to the Commissioner in such form and in such manner as the Commissioner may from time to time specify.

6. Disposal of martial arts weapons
(1) Every martial arts association or member who disposes of any martial arts weapon shall, within 48 hours of the disposal, give notice to the Commissioner of such details of the disposal in such form and in such manner as the Commissioner may from time to time specify.
(2) Where any martial arts weapon is disposed of, in a case where subsection (1) applies, the martial arts association or person to whom the weapon was disposed shall provide the martial arts association or member who disposed of the weapon with any information necessary to enable subsection (1) to be complied with.

### Weapons Ordinance 《武器條例》

7. Martial arts weapons not to be removed from premises
(1) Subject to subsection (2), a martial arts association or member shall not remove or allow to be removed any martial arts weapon from the premises in which it was located at the time possession of the weapon was notified to the Commissioner, except in accordance with the permission in writing given for that purpose by the Commissioner.
(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to the removal of a martial arts weapon on or after its disposal to a martial arts association or person where the disposal has been notified to the Commissioner under section 6.

8. Office-bearer to give notice in certain cases
Where under section 5 or 6 any notice or information is required to be given in respect of the possession or disposal of a martial arts weapon by a martial arts association, the notice or information shall be given by an office-bearer of the association.

### Weapons Ordinance 《武器條例》

10. Offences relating to martial arts weapons
(1) Where a martial arts association or member—
(a) has possession of a martial arts weapon in respect of which notice has not been given to the Commissioner under section 5(1);
(b) obtains possession of a martial arts weapon and fails to give notice thereof to the Commissioner under section 5(2) within the time specified in that section;
(c) disposes of any martial arts weapon and fails to give notice of the details of the disposal to the Commissioner under section 6(1);
(d) removes or allows to be removed any martial arts weapon from the premises in which it was located at the time possession or control of the weapon was notified to the Commissioner, except in accordance with the permission in writing given for that purpose by the Commissioner under section 7; or
(e) fails to deliver up any martial arts weapon when ordered to do so by the Commissioner under section 9,
the member, or in the case of a martial arts association every office-bearer and every person acting as such, commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 2 years. (Amended E.R. 6 of 2019)
(2) Where a martial arts association or member—
(a) delivers up or has had seized from it or him any martial arts weapon under section 9; and
(b) subsequent to the delivery up or seizure commits an offence under subsection (1)(b),
the member, or in the case of a martial arts association every office-bearer and every person acting as such, commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 3 years. (Amended E.R. 6 of 2019)
(3) Where any person—
(a) refuses to provide any information required under section 6(2);
(b) makes any statement or provides any information for the purposes of section 6(2) which he knows to be false or misleading in a material particular, or recklessly makes any statement or provides any information which is false in a material particular; or
(c) fails to deliver up any martial arts weapon when ordered to do so by the Commissioner under section 9,
he commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 2 years. (Amended E.R. 6 of 2019)
(4) Where an officer-bearer of a martial arts association or any person acting as such is charged with an offence under subsection (1) or (2) as the result of the commission of an offence by the association, it shall be a defence for him to prove that he exercised such diligence to ensure that the association complied with the provisions of this Ordinance in respect of which the offence has been charged, as he ought to have exercised having regard to the nature of his functions and all other circumstances.