### Crimes Ordinance 《刑事罪行條例》

60. Destroying or damaging property
(1) A person who without lawful excuse destroys or damages any property belonging to another intending to destroy or damage any such property or being reckless as to whether any such property would be destroyed or damaged shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) A person who without lawful excuse destroys or damages any property, whether belonging to himself or another—
(a) intending to destroy or damage any property or being reckless as to whether any property would be destroyed or damaged; and
(b) intending by the destruction or damage to endanger the life of another or being reckless as to whether the life of another would be thereby endangered, 
shall be guilty of an offence.
(3) An offence committed under this section by destroying or damaging property by fire shall be charged as arson.
(Added 48 of 1972 s. 3) [cf. 1971 c. 48 s. 1 U.K.]

61. Threats to destroy or damage property
A person who without lawful excuse makes to another a threat, intending that that other would fear it would be carried out,—
(a) to destroy or damage any property belonging to that other or a third person; or 
(b) to destroy or damage his own property in a way which he knows is likely to endanger the life of that other or a third person,
shall be guilty of an offence.
(Added 48 of 1972 s. 3)[cf. 1971 c. 48 s. 2 U.K.]

62. Possessing anything with intent to destroy or damage property
A person who has anything in his custody or under his control intending without lawful excuse to use it or cause or permit another to use it—
(a) to destroy or damage any property belonging to some other person; or
(b) to destroy or damage his own or the user’s property in a way which he knows is likely to endanger the life of some other person,
shall be guilty of an offence.
(Added 48 of 1972 s. 3)[cf. 1971 c. 48 s. 3 U.K.]

63. Punishment of offences
(1) A person guilty of arson under section 60 or of an offence under section 60(2) (whether arson or not) shall be liable on conviction upon indictment to imprisonment for life.
(2) A person guilty of any other offence under this Part shall be liable on conviction upon indictment to imprisonment for 10 years.
(Added 48 of 1972 s. 3) [cf. 1971 c. 48 s. 4 U.K.]

### Crimes Ordinance 《刑事罪行條例》

64. Without lawful excuse
(1) This section applies to any offence under section 60(1) and any offence under section 61 or 62 other than one involving a threat by the person charged to destroy or damage property in a way which he knows is likely to endanger the life of another or involving an intent by the person charged to use or cause or permit the use of something in his custody or under his control so to destroy or damage property.
(2) A person charged with an offence to which this section applies shall, whether or not he would be treated for the purposes of this Part as having a lawful excuse apart from this subsection, be treated for those purposes as having a lawful excuse—
(a) if at the time of the act or acts alleged to constitute the offence he believed that the person or persons whom he believed to be entitled to consent to the destruction of or damage to the property in question had so consented, or would have so consented to it if he or they had known of the destruction or damage and its circumstances; or
(b) if he destroyed or damaged or threatened to destroy or damage the property in question or, in the case of a charge of an offence under section 62, intended to use or cause or permit the use of something to destroy or damage it, in order to protect property belonging to himself or another or a right or interest in property which was or which he believed to be vested in himself or another, and at the time of the act or acts alleged to constitute the offence he believed—
(i) that the property, right or interest was in immediate need of protection; and
(ii) that the means of protection adopted or proposed to be adopted were or would be reasonable having regard to all the circumstances.
(3) For the purpose of this section, it is immaterial whether a belief is justified or not if it is honestly held.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (2), a right or interest in property includes any right or privilege in or over land, whether created by grant, licence or otherwise.
(5) This section shall not be construed as casting doubt on any defence recognized by law as a defence to criminal charges.
(Added 48 of 1972 s. 3)[cf. 1971 c. 48 s. 5 U.K.]

### Crimes Ordinance 《刑事罪行條例》

65. Search for things intended for use in committing offences of criminal damage
(1) If it is made to appear by information on oath before a magistrate that there is reasonable cause to believe that any person has in his custody or under his control or on his premises anything which there is reasonable cause to believe has been used or is intended for use without lawful excuse—
(a) to destroy or damage property belonging to another; or
(b) to destroy or damage any property in a way likely to endanger the life of another,
the magistrate may grant a warrant authorizing a police officer not below the rank of inspector, together with any other police officers, to search for and seize that thing.
(2) Any police officer who is authorized under this section to search premises for anything, may enter (if need be by force) and search the premises accordingly and may seize anything which he believes to have been used or to be intended to be used as aforesaid.
(3) Section 102 of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance (Cap. 221) (which makes provision for the disposal of property connected with offences) shall apply to property which has come into the possession of the police under this section as it applies to property which has come into the possession of the police in the circumstances mentioned in that section.
(Added 48 of 1972 s. 3)[cf. 1971 c. 48 s. 6 U.K.]

66. Evidence in connexion with offences under this Part
A person shall not be excused, by reason that to do so may incriminate that person or the wife or husband of that person of an offence under this Part—
(a) from answering any question put to that person in proceedings for the recovery or administration of any property, for the execution of any trust or for an account of any property or dealings with property; or
(b) from complying with any order made in any such proceedings,
but no statement or admission made by a person in answering a question put or complying with an order made as aforesaid shall, in proceedings for an offence under this Part, be admissible in evidence against that person or (unless they married after the making of the statement or admission) against the wife or husband of that person.
(Added 48 of 1972 s. 3)[cf. 1971 c. 48 s. 9 U.K.]

67. Abolition of common law arson
The common law offence of arson is abolished. 
(48 of 1972 s. 4(3) incorporated)