### Crimes Ordinance 《刑事罪行條例》

143. Letting premises for use as a vice establishment
(1) A person who, being the owner or tenant of any premises or his agent— (Amended 69 of 1990 s. 3)
(a) lets the whole or part of the premises with the knowledge that it is to be kept, in whole or in part, as a vice establishment; or
(b) where the whole or part of the premises is used as a vice establishment, is wilfully a party to that use continuing,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 7 years.
(2) Where—
(a) a charge under this section is preferred against a person or is withdrawn; or
(b) a person is acquitted or convicted of, or successfully appeals against a conviction for, an offence under this section,
section 145A applies. (Added 69 of 1990 s. 3)
(Added 1 of 1978 s. 6. Amended 31 of 1997 s. 13)[cf. 1956 c. 69 s. 34 U.K.]

144. Tenant etc. permitting premises or vessel to be kept as a vice establishment
(1) A person who— (Amended 69 of 1990 s. 3)
(a) being the tenant or occupier, or person in charge, of any premises permits or suffers the whole or part of the premises to be kept as a vice establishment; or
(b) being the owner, or the master or other person in charge, of any vessel permits or suffers the whole or part of the vessel to be kept as a vice establishment,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 7 years.
(2) Where—
(a) a charge under this section is preferred against a person or is withdrawn; or
(b) a person is acquitted or convicted of, or successfully appeals against a conviction for, an offence under this section,
section 145A applies. (Added 69 of 1990 s. 3)
(Added 1 of 1978 s. 6. Amended 31 of 1997 s. 14)[cf. 1956 c. 69 s. 35(1) U.K.]

### Crimes Ordinance 《刑事罪行條例》

145. Tenant etc. permitting premises or vessel to be used for prostitution
(1) A person who— (Amended 69 of 1990 s. 3)
(a) being the tenant or occupier, or person in charge, of any premises permits or suffers the whole or part of the premises to be used for the purposes of habitual prostitution; or
(b) being the owner, or the master or other person in charge, of any vessel permits or suffers the whole or part of the vessel to be used for the purpose of habitual prostitution,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 7 years.
(2) Where—
(a) a charge under this section is preferred against a person or is withdrawn; or
(b) a person is acquitted or convicted of, or successfully appeals against a conviction for, an offence under this section,
section 145A applies. (Added 69 of 1990 s. 3)
(Added 1 of 1978 s. 6. Amended 31 of 1997 s. 15)[cf. 1956 c. 69 s. 36 U.K.]

### Crimes Ordinance 《刑事罪行條例》

145A. Notification of charge, conviction etc.
(1) Where a charge under section 139, 143, 144 or 145 is preferred against a person or is withdrawn, the Commissioner of Police shall as soon as reasonably practicable send to the appropriate person a notice in writing stating that fact and the date on which it occurred and setting out the specified information.
(2) Where a person is acquitted or convicted by a court or magistrate of, or successfully appeals against a conviction for, an offence under section 139, 143, 144 or 145, the court or magistrate or the appellate court (as the case may be) shall as soon as reasonably practicable send a notice in writing to the appropriate person stating that fact and the date on which it occurred and setting out the specified information.
(3) In this section—
appropriate person (適當的人) means—
(a) in the case of an offence alleged or proved to have been committed in relation to any premises or place other than a vessel, the Land Registrar; and (Amended 8 of 1993 s. 3)
(b) in the case of an offence alleged or proved to have been committed in relation to a vessel, the Director of Marine;

specified information (指明的資料) means the address of the premises or place, or the identity of the vessel, in relation to which the offence is or was alleged or proved to have been committed and, where the alleged offence or the offence related to part of any premises, place or vessel, the location of that part.
(Added 69 of 1990 s. 4)

### Crimes Ordinance 《刑事罪行條例》

146. Indecent conduct towards child under 16
(1) Subject to subsection (3), a person who commits an act of gross indecency with or towards a child under the age of 16, or who incites a child under the age of 16 to commit such an act with or towards him or her or another, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 10 years. (Amended 90 of 1991 s. 20; 31 of 1997 s. 16)
(2) It shall not be a defence to a charge under this section to prove that the child consented to the act of gross indecency.
(3) A person who commits an act of gross indecency with or towards a child or who incites a child to commit such an act with or towards him or her is not guilty of an offence under this section if that person is, or believes on reasonable grounds that he or she is, married to the child. (Added 90 of 1991 s. 20)
(Added 1 of 1978 s. 6)[cf. 1960 c. 33 s. 1(1) U.K.]

147. Soliciting for an immoral purpose
(1) A person who in a public place or in view of the public—
(a) solicits for any immoral purpose; or
(b) loiters for the purpose of soliciting for any immoral purpose,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 6 months. (Amended 69 of 1990 s. 5; E.R. 4 of 2021)
(2)  For the purposes of subsection (1) but without prejudice to the generality of the expression any immoral purpose, each of the following is immoral—
(a) buggery by a man with another man;
(b) an act of gross indecency by a man with another man. (Added 90 of 1991 s. 21)

(Added 1 of 1978 s. 6)