### Crimes Ordinance 《刑事罪行條例》

153C. Protection of bona fide purchaser or mortgagee
(1) Where a closure order has been made in respect of any premises or place, any person to whom this section applies may, in accordance with section 153L, apply in writing for the closure order to be rescinded.
(2) This section applies to any person who became a bona fide purchaser, mortgagee or chargee for valuable consideration of an interest in the premises or place—
(a) after another person had been convicted of an offence or had been charged with an offence for which he was subsequently convicted, that conviction being one upon which the closure order was based; and
(b) before a notice relating to that conviction or charge was registered in accordance with section 153M.
(3) An application under this section shall state the name, address and business or occupation of the applicant and, where the applicant is an individual, be accompanied by a copy of a document which is proof of his identity for the purposes of Part IVA of the Immigration Ordinance (Cap. 115).
(4) Upon receipt of an application under this section the court or magistrate shall—
(a) appoint a date for the hearing of the application; and
(b) send a copy of the application and of the accompanying document of identity to the Commissioner of Police and inform him of the date of the hearing.
(5) A court or magistrate—
(a) after hearing an application under this section and after hearing any representations made by or on behalf of the Commissioner of Police;
(b) if satisfied that, at the time the applicant became a bona fide purchaser, mortgagee or chargee of an interest in the premises or place, he did not know of the charge or conviction (as the case may be) in relation to which a notice had not been registered in accordance with section 153M; and
(c) if satisfied that, having regard to all the circumstances, it would be unjust for the applicant to be affected by the closure order,
may rescind the closure order.
(6) A court or magistrate that rescinds a closure order under subsection (5) shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, send to the Land Registrar and to the Commissioner of Police a notice in writing, sealed with the seal of the court or signed by the magistrate, stating that fact. (Amended 8 of 1993 s. 3)
(Added 69 of 1990 s. 7)

### Crimes Ordinance 《刑事罪行條例》

153M. Registration of notices and orders relating to premises
(1) Where the Land Registrar receives a notice sent to him under section 145A, 153C(6) or 153H(4), or a copy of an order sent to him under section 153A(2), 153I(8) or 153K(5), he shall as soon as reasonably practicable,— (Amended 80 of 1997 s. 102)
(a) prepare and verify a memorial of the notice or copy of an order, that memorial being in the form prescribed and containing the particulars required by or under the Land Registration Ordinance (Cap. 128); and 
(b) register the notice or copy of an order.
(2) A notice or copy of an order required to be sent to the Land Registrar under the provisions referred to in subsection (1) shall be deemed to be an instrument affecting land, but a failure to register such a notice or copy of an order shall not, save as is provided in section 153C, affect its validity as against any person. (Amended 8 of 1993 s. 3)
(3) A memorial prepared under subsection (1) shall be regarded as complying with the Land Registration Ordinance (Cap. 128).
(Added 69 of 1990 s. 7)

### Crimes Ordinance 《刑事罪行條例》

153N. Registration of notices and orders relating to vessels
Where the Director of Marine receives a notice sent to him under section 145A or 153H(5) or a copy of an order sent to him under section 153D(2) and the notice or order relates to a vessel certificated in accordance with regulations made or deemed to have been made under the Merchant Shipping (Local Vessels) Ordinance (Cap. 548), he shall as soon as reasonably practicable register the notice or copy of an order in a register maintained by him.
(Added 69 of 1990 s. 7. Amended 24 of 2005 s. 55)

153O. Obstruction
(1) Any person who obstructs any person in the exercise of any function under section 153B(3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), any person who without lawful authority or reasonable excuse—
(a) interferes with any lock, bar or other thing used to close any premises or place subject to a closure order; or
(b) enters or is in any premises or place that has been closed under a closure order,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply—
(a) where the closure order is no longer in force or is suspended under section 153I;
(b) to a public officer acting in the course of his duty;
(c) to a person who has the permission in writing of a magistrate.
(Added 69 of 1990 s. 7. Amended E.R. 4 of 2021)

### Crimes Ordinance 《刑事罪行條例》

153P. Extra-territorial effect of sexual offence provisions listed in Schedule 2
(1) Where—
(a) (i) a person who is a Hong Kong permanent resident or who ordinarily resides in Hong Kong;
(ii) a body corporate that is incorporated or registered in Hong Kong; or
(iii) a body of persons, whether corporate or unincorporate, that has a place of business in Hong Kong,
commits any act outside Hong Kong; and
(b) the act—
(i) would have constituted an offence under any of the provisions specified in Schedule 2 had it been committed in Hong Kong; and
(ii) is committed in relation to a person under the age of 16 or, in the case of an offence under section 123 or 140, under the age of 13, 
then the person or body shall be guilty of that offence.
(2) Where any person or body of persons, whether corporate or unincorporate, commits any act outside Hong Kong that—
(a) would have constituted an offence under any of the provisions specified in Schedule 2 had it been committed in Hong Kong; and
(b) is committed in relation to a person who is a Hong Kong permanent resident or who ordinarily resides in Hong Kong and is—
(i) under the age of 16; or
(ii) in the case of an offence under section 123 or 140, under the age of 13,
then the person or body shall be guilty of that offence.
(3) Where a defendant is charged with an offence that is an offence by virtue of subsection (1) or (2) and involves a sexual act done by him with or to another person, it is a defence for the defendant to establish that—
(a) at the time of the sexual act, there existed between the defendant and that other person a marriage that was valid, or recognized as valid, under the law of—
(i) the place where the marriage was solemnized;
(ii) the place where the sexual act was done; or
(iii) the place of the defendant’s residence or domicile;
(b) when it was solemnized, the marriage was genuine; and 
(c) at the time of the sexual act, that other person consented to the sexual act.
(Added 31 of 2003 s. 16)