### Medical Clinics Ordinance 《診療所條例》

14. Offences
(1) Any person who—
(a) carries on or takes part in the management of a clinic which is not registered, or who therein does any medical diagnosis or prescribes any medical treatment or takes part in any medical treatment of any person; or
(b) carries on or takes part in the management of a clinic registered under section 5 in respect of which no registered medical practitioner is appointed and maintained pursuant to section 7 and which is not exempted under section 8, or who therein does any medical diagnosis or prescribes any medical treatment or takes part in any medical treatment of any person,
commits an offence and is liable—
(i) on summary conviction to a fine at level 5 and to imprisonment for 2 years; or
(ii) on conviction upon indictment to imprisonment for 3 years. (Amended 68 of 1986 s. 8)
(1A) Any person who—
(a) in a clinic which is not registered does any medical diagnosis, prescribes any medical treatment or performs any medical treatment in relation to a person which results in personal injury to that person; or
(b) in a clinic registered under section 5 in respect of which no registered medical practitioner is appointed and maintained pursuant to section 7 and which is not exempted under section 8, does any medical diagnosis, prescribes any medical treatment or performs any medical treatment in relation to a person which results in personal injury to that person,
commits an offence and is liable—
(i) on summary conviction to a fine at level 6 and to imprisonment for 3 years; or
(ii) on conviction upon indictment to imprisonment for 7 years. (Added 68 of 1986 s. 8)
(2) Any person who contravenes section 5(4) commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 2.
(3) Any person who contravenes any condition imposed by the Registrar under section 5, 6 or 8 commits an offence and is liable—
(a) for the first offence, to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 6 months; and
(b) for a second or subsequent offence, to a fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 1 year.
(4) Any person who obstructs the Registrar or any public officer in the exercise of his powers under section 13 commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(Replaced 58 of 1981 s. 3. Amended E.R. 5 of 2021)

### Medical Clinics Ordinance 《診療所條例》

15. Power to make regulations
(1) The Secretary for Health may by regulation provide for the duties and responsibilities (not being a duty or responsibility referred to in subsection (2)) of persons registered in respect of clinics and of persons connected with the management and control of such clinics. (Amended L.N. 106 of 2002; L.N. 130 of 2007; L.N. 144 of 2022)
(2) The Director of Health may by regulation provide for—
(a) the keeping of accounts in respect of a clinic, by a person registered in respect of such clinic and the submission of such accounts;
(b) reports and information to be supplied in respect of a clinic;
(c) the forms to be used for the purposes of this Ordinance;
(d) the requirements, structural or otherwise, to be complied with or fulfilled in relation to the premises in which a clinic is carried on and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, for requirements relating to—
(i) ventilation;
(ii) light, natural as well as artificial;
(iii) fire precautions;
(iv) storage of dangerous drugs and poisons;
(v) latrine accommodation and other matters of sanitation;
(vi) water supply;
(vii) sterilization facilities;
(viii) the cleanliness of premises used as a clinic;
(ix) the hygiene of the staff employed by a clinic.
(3) The Chief Executive in Council may by regulation (not being a regulation as regards a matter referred to in subsection (1) or (2)) provide— (Amended 60 of 2000 s. 3)
(a) for the carrying into effect the provisions of this Ordinance;
(b) that a contravention of any regulation made under subsection (1) or (2) or any specified provision of such regulation is an offence; and
(c) a penalty not exceeding $1,000 for any such offence.
(Replaced 84 of 1992 s. 6) Editorial Note:    See also section 20 of 84 of 1992. 

### Customs and Excise Service Ordinance 《香港海關條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Customs and Excise Service Ordinance.
(Amended 46 of 1977 s. 3)

### Customs and Excise Service Ordinance 《香港海關條例》

3. Establishment and function
There shall be established a Customs and Excise Service which shall perform the functions hitherto performed by the revenue officers appointed under the Dutiable Commodities Ordinance 1931 (36 of 1931), and shall take lawful measure for the enforcement of the laws of Hong Kong pertaining to dutiable commodities, importation and exportation and smuggling and do such other things as may be required of it by law.
(Amended 46 of 1977 s. 3; 40 of 1985 s. 3)

4. Direction and administration
Subject to section 4A, the Commissioner shall be charged with the direction and administration of the Customs and Excise Service.
(Replaced 40 of 1985 s. 4)

4A. Commissioner and other public officers to be subject to the Chief Executive’s directions
(1) The Chief Executive may give such directions as he thinks fit, either generally or in any particular case, with respect to the exercise or performance by the Commissioner or any other public officer, other than a judge, a District Judge or a magistrate, of any powers, functions or duties under this Ordinance.
(2) The Commissioner and every public officer shall, in the exercise or performance of any powers, functions and duties under this Ordinance, comply with any directions given by the Chief Executive under subsection (1).
(Added 18 of 1980 s. 3. Amended L.N. 294 of 1982; 76 of 1999 s. 3)

5. Constitution
The Customs and Excise Service shall consist of the offices specified in Schedule 1.
(Amended 46 of 1977 s. 3)

6. Payment
Provision for the payment and maintenance of the Customs and Excise Service shall be by charges on the general revenues of Hong Kong, to such amount and in such proportion as may from time to time by annual vote or otherwise be voted by the Legislative Council.
(Amended 46 of 1977 s. 3; 40 of 1985 s. 5)