### Weapons Ordinance 《武器條例》

11. Entry and search of premises and search of persons
(1) If a magistrate is satisfied by information on oath in writing that there is reasonable ground for suspecting that an offence under this Ordinance has been, is being, or is about to be committed, the magistrate may by warrant authorize any police officer—
(a) to enter at any time any place, premises, vessel, vehicle, train or aircraft, if necessary by force, and to search the same and every person found there; and
(b) to seize and detain—
(i) any prohibited weapon or martial arts weapon which he may find and in connexion with which he has reason to suspect that an offence under this Ordinance has been, is being, or is about to be committed; and
(ii) any thing which appears to him to be or to contain evidence that such an offence, or an attempt thereat, has been committed.
(2) A person authorized under subsection (1) to exercise the powers in that subsection, or any of them, may be accompanied by such other police officers as may be necessary for the purpose.
(3) No person shall be searched under this section or under section 12 except by a person of the same sex.

12. Power to stop and search
(1) For the purposes of this Ordinance—
(a) a police officer may stop and search any person and search the property of any person if—
(i) the officer has reason to suspect that the person has any prohibited weapon or martial arts weapon in his possession; or
(ii) the person is found in any place, premises, vessel, vehicle, train or aircraft in which any prohibited weapon or martial arts weapon is found; and
(b) a member of the Customs and Excise Service may stop and search any person and search the property of any person if the person is arriving in or about to depart from Hong Kong and—
(i) the member has reason to suspect that the person has any prohibited weapon in his possession; or
(ii) the person is found in any place, premises, vessel, vehicle, train or aircraft in which any prohibited weapon is found.
(2) On any such occasion—
(a) a police officer may seize and detain any prohibited weapon or martial arts weapon; and
(b) a member of the Customs and Excise Service may seize and detain any prohibited weapon,
and, in either case, any thing provided in section 11(1)(b)(ii) which relates to the type of weapon authorized to be seized and detained under this subsection.

### Weapons Ordinance 《武器條例》

13. Seizure and forfeiture
(1) A police officer may at any time seize, remove and detain any prohibited weapon or martial arts weapon if he has reason to suspect that an offence under this Ordinance is being or has been committed in respect thereof or that the weapon has been abandoned.
(2) Upon the conviction of any person for an offence under section 4 or 10, the prohibited weapon or martial arts weapon in respect of which the offence was committed shall, without any order in that behalf, be forfeited to the Government and may be disposed of (whether by destruction or otherwise) by the Commissioner. (Amended 13 of 1999 s. 3)

14. Obstruction
A person who obstructs a police officer or member of the Customs and Excise Service in the exercise of any power conferred on him by section 11, 12 or 13 commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(Amended E.R. 6 of 2019)

15. Presumption that notice not given
In any proceedings for an offence under section 10(1)(a), (b) or (c) or section 10(2) it shall be presumed until the contrary is proved that the Commissioner was not given the notice required in relation to the martial arts weapon in respect of which the offence has been charged.

16. Delegation by Commissioner
For the purposes of this Ordinance the Commissioner may in writing authorize any public officer by name, office or appointment to exercise and perform the powers, functions and duties conferred and imposed upon the Commissioner by this Ordinance.

17. Amendment of Schedule
The Legislative Council may by resolution amend the Schedule.

18. Saving
Nothing in this Ordinance shall be deemed to affect any provision relating to any offensive weapon under the Summary Offences Ordinance (Cap. 228) or the Public Order Ordinance (Cap. 245).

20. Transitional provisions
Where in respect of a martial arts weapon, a martial arts association or member held a licence or exemption which—
(a) had been issued under section 3(1) or (5) of the repealed Ordinance; and
(b) was in force immediately before the commencement* of the Firearms and Ammunition Ordinance (Cap. 238),
notice in relation to the weapon shall be deemed to have been given to the Commissioner under section 5(1) on the commencement* of this Ordinance.

Editorial Note:
* Commencement date: 1 September 1981.

### Consumer Council Ordinance 《消費者委員會條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Consumer Council Ordinance.

2. Interpretation
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—
Council (委員會) means the Consumer Council incorporated by section 3(1);
financial year (財政年度) means each period of 12 months ending with 31 March;
member (委員) means a member of the Council.

3. Incorporation of Consumer Council
(1) The Consumer Council existing at the commencement* of this Ordinance is hereby created a body corporate consisting of the persons who from time to time hold office as members of the Council.
(2) The Council shall have perpetual succession and a common seal and shall be capable of suing and being sued and of doing and suffering all such other acts and things as bodies corporate may lawfully do and suffer.
(3) The Council shall continue to be known in the Chinese language as “消費者委員會”.

Editorial Note:
* Commencement date: 15 July 1977.

### Consumer Council Ordinance 《消費者委員會條例》

4. Functions of Council
(1) The functions of the Council are to protect and promote the interests of consumers of goods and services and purchasers, mortgagors and lessees of immovable property by—
(a) collecting, receiving and disseminating information concerning goods, services and immovable property;
(b) receiving and examining complaints by and giving advice to consumers of goods and services and purchasers, mortgagors and lessees of immovable property;
(c) taking such action as it thinks justified by information in its possession, including tendering advice to the Government or to any public officer;
(d) encouraging business and professional associations to establish codes of practice to regulate the activities of their members;
(e) undertaking such other functions as the Council may adopt with the prior approval of the Chief Executive in Council. (Amended 66 of 2000 s. 3)
(2) The Chief Executive may by notice in writing to the Council declare any goods, services or immovable property or class of goods, services or immovable property to be outside the scope of the Council’s functions under subsection (1). (Amended 66 of 2000 s. 3)
(3)  In subsection (1) and in section 5(2)(c) goods and services (貨品及服務) does not include goods and services which are—
(a) supplied by—
(i) the Government; or (Amended 39 of 1985 s. 60; 78 of 1999 s. 7)
(ii) (Repealed 65 of 1994 s. 2) (b) made the subject of a declaration under subsection (2).

(4) (Repealed 65 of 1994 s. 2)(Amended 5 of 1992 s. 2)