### Crimes Ordinance 《刑事罪行條例》

33. False written statements in criminal proceedings
Any person who in a written statement—
(a) handed to the court under section 80C(1) of the Magistrates Ordinance (Cap. 227); (Amended 57 of 1988 s. 28)
(b) tendered in evidence under section 65B of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance (Cap. 221); or (Amended 57 of 1988 s. 28)
(c) served and delivered under section 6, 13 or 21 of the Complex Commercial Crimes Ordinance (Cap. 394), (Added 57 of 1988 s. 28)
wilfully makes a statement material to the proceedings which he knows to be false or does not believe to be true, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to imprisonment for 2 years and to a fine at level 3.
(Replaced 48 of 1983 s. 6. Amended E.R. 4 of 2021)

34. False statements, etc., with reference to marriage
Any person who—
(a) for the purpose of procuring a marriage, or a certificate or licence for marriage, knowingly and wilfully makes a false oath or makes or signs a false declaration, notice or certificate required under any enactment for the time being in force relating to marriage; or
(b) knowingly and wilfully makes, or knowingly and wilfully causes to be made, for the purpose of being inserted in any register of marriage, a false statement as to any particular required by law to be known and registered relating to any marriage; or
(c) forbids the issue of any certificate or licence for marriage by falsely representing himself to be a person whose consent to the marriage is required by law knowing such representation to be false; or
(d) knowingly and wilfully—
(i) makes a false statement in an application; or
(ii) furnishes false information,
for the purpose of or in connexion with the registration of a customary marriage or a validated marriage under section 9 of the Marriage Reform Ordinance (Cap. 178), (Added 87 of 1970 s. 2)
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction upon indictment to imprisonment for 7 years and to a fine.
(21 of 1922 s. 5 incorporated. Amended 5 of 1924 Schedule)[cf. 1911 c. 6 s. 3 U.K.]

### Crimes Ordinance 《刑事罪行條例》

35. False statements, etc., as to births or deaths
Any person who—
(a) wilfully makes any false answer to any question put to him by any registrar of births or deaths relating to the particulars required to be registered concerning any birth or death, or wilfully gives to any such registrar any false information concerning any birth or death or the cause of any death; or 
(b) wilfully makes any false certificate or declaration under or for the purposes of any enactment relating to the registration of births or deaths, or knowing any such certificate or declaration to be false, uses the same as true or gives or sends the same as true to any person; or 
(c) wilfully makes, gives or uses any false statement or declaration as to a child born alive as having been still-born, or as to the body of a deceased person or a still-born child in any coffin, or falsely pretends that any child born alive was still-born; or 
(d) makes any false statement with intent to have the same inserted in any register of births or deaths, 
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable—
(i) on conviction upon indictment to imprisonment for 7 years and to a fine; and
(ii) on summary conviction to a fine at level 1.
(21 of 1922 s. 6 incorporated. Amended 5 of 1924 Schedule; 52 of 1972 s. 2; E.R. 4 of 2021)[cf. 1911 c. 6 s. 4 U.K.]

36. False statutory declarations and other false statements without oath
Any person who knowingly and wilfully makes (otherwise than on oath) a statement false in a material particular, such statement being made—
(a) in a statutory declaration; or
(b) in an abstract, account, balance sheet, book, certificate, declaration, entry, estimate, inventory, notice, report, return or other document which he is authorized or required to make, attest or verify, by any enactment for the time being in force; or
(c) in any oral declaration or oral answer which he is required to make by, under or in pursuance of any enactment for the time being in force,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction upon indictment to imprisonment for 2 years and to a fine.
(21 of 1922 s. 7 incorporated. Amended 5 of 1924 Schedule)[cf. 1911 c. 6 s. 5 U.K.]

### Crimes Ordinance 《刑事罪行條例》

37. False declarations, etc., to obtain registration, etc., for carrying on a vocation
Any person who—
(a) procures or attempts to procure himself to be registered on any register or roll kept under or in pursuance of any enactment for the time being in force of persons qualified by law to practise any vocation or calling; or
(b) procures or attempts to procure a certificate of the resignation of any person on any such register or roll as aforesaid,
by wilfully making or producing or causing to be made or produced either verbally or in writing any declaration, certificate or representation which he knows to be false or fraudulent, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction upon indictment to imprisonment for 12 months and to a fine.
(21 of 1922 s. 8 incorporated. Amended 5 of 1924 Schedule)[cf. 1911 c. 6 s. 6 U.K.]

38. Aiders, abettors, suborners, etc.
(1) Any person who aids, abets, counsels, procures or suborns another person to commit an offence against this Part shall be liable to be proceeded against, indicted, tried and punished as if he were a principal offender.
(2) Any person who incites or attempts to procure or suborn another person to commit an offence against this Part shall be guilty of an offence punishable upon indictment.
(21 of 1922 s. 9 incorporated)[cf. 1911 c. 6 s. 7 U.K.]

39. Contradictory statements on oath
Where 2 or more contradictory statements of fact or alleged fact, material to the issue or matter in question, have been wilfully made on oath by one and the same witness in any judicial proceeding or proceedings, whether before the same court or tribunal or person or not, and whether the respective truth or falsehood of the said statements can be ascertained or not, an indictment may be preferred against him charging him with having wilfully made the said contradictory statements, and on conviction thereof, either in whole or in part, such witness shall be liable to imprisonment for 7 years and to a fine.
(21 of 1922 s. 10 incorporated)

40. Using false affidavits
Any person who wilfully uses for any purpose any affidavit which he knows to be false or does not believe to be true, wherever such affidavit may have been sworn, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction upon indictment to imprisonment for 7 years and to a fine.
(21 of 1922 s. 11 incorporated. Amended 5 of 1924 Schedule)