### Summary Offences Ordinance 《簡易程序治罪條例》

6A. Touting
(1) Any person who in a public place, to the annoyance of or in a manner likely to annoy any other person, importunes such person to buy any article or thing or to give his custom to any business, whether or not the article or thing is offered for sale, or the business is carried on, by such first-mentioned person, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine at level 1 in the case of a first offence, and to a fine at level 1 and to imprisonment for 6 months in the case of a second or subsequent offence. (Amended 37 of 1977 s. 2; E.R. 6 of 2022)
(2) In subsection (1), business (業務) includes any services provided by way of trade or business.
(Added 4 of 1968 s. 2)

6B. Prohibition of profiteering on the sale of travel tickets in a public place
(1) No person shall, in a public place, sell or solicit the purchase of any ticket issued by or on behalf of a carrier at a price exceeding the authorized price.
(2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 1 in the case of a first offence, and to a fine at level 1 and to imprisonment for 6 months in the case of a second or subsequent offence. (Amended E.R. 6 of 2022)
(3) In subsection (1)—
authorized price (批准價格), in relation to a ticket issued by or on behalf of a carrier, means the price fixed by or on behalf of the carrier as the price at which the ticket is to be issued to an intending passenger;
carrier (載運商) means a person who provides any means of transport for passengers;
sell (出售) includes exhibit or offer for sale, or have in possession for sale; and
ticket (客票) means any document or token issued for the purpose of enabling the holder thereof to travel as a passenger on any vessel, aircraft, vehicle or other means of transport. (Amended L.N. 95 of 1993)
(Added 64 of 1982 s. 2)

### Summary Offences Ordinance 《簡易程序治罪條例》

7. Prohibition on taking photographs, etc., in court
(1) Any person who—
(a) takes or attempts to take in any court any photograph, or with a view to publication makes or attempts to make in any court any portrait or sketch, of any person, being a judge of the court or a juror or a witness in or a party to any proceeding before the court, whether civil or criminal; or (Amended L.N. 7 of 1979)
(b) publishes any photograph, portrait or sketch taken or made in contravention of the foregoing provisions of this section or any reproduction thereof, (Amended E.R. 2 of 2023)
shall be liable to a fine at level 1. (Amended E.R. 1 of 2021)
(2) For the purposes of this section—
(a) the expression court (法庭) means any court of justice, including any place in which an inquiry is being held by a magistrate;
(b) the expression judge (法官) includes registrar and magistrate; (Amended 47 of 1997 s. 10)
(c) a photograph, portrait or sketch shall be deemed to be a photograph, portrait or sketch taken or made in court if it is taken or made in the court-room or in the building or in the precincts of the building in which the court is held, or if it is a photograph, portrait or sketch taken or made of the person while he is entering or leaving the court-room or any such building or precincts as aforesaid.
(Added 11 of 1949 s. 6)[cf. 1925 c. 86 s. 41 U.K.]

### Summary Offences Ordinance 《簡易程序治罪條例》

8. Other offences against good order
Any person who—
(a) erects any shed or house of matting or other inflammable material so as in case of fire to endanger any neighbouring building;
(b) without the consent of the owner or occupier writes upon, soils, defaces or marks any building, wall, fence or paling with chalk or paint or in any other way whatsoever; or wilfully breaks, destroys or damages any part of any building, wall, fence or paling, or any fixture or appendage thereof; (Amended 7 of 1980 s. 6)
(c) keeps a house or other building for the occupation or resort of prostitutes, to the annoyance of any person inhabiting or residing near thereto;
(d) (Repealed 13 of 1995 s. 2)(e) (Repealed 97 of 1994 s. 34)shall be liable to a fine at level 1 or to imprisonment for 3 months.
(Amended 44 of 1935 s. 10; 11 of 1949 s. 7; E.R. 1 of 2021)

### Summary Offences Ordinance 《簡易程序治罪條例》

14. Firing near dwelling house or road
Any person who without lawful authority or excuse discharges any cannon or firearm within 200 metres of any dwelling house or any motor road to the annoyance of any inhabitant or passer-by, and who, after being warned of such annoyance, again so discharges any such weapon shall be liable to a fine at level l.
(Amended 22 of 1950 Schedule; L.N. 294 of 1985; E.R. 1 of 2021)

### Summary Offences Ordinance 《簡易程序治罪條例》

15. Offences relating to vessels, seamen and merchandise
Any person who—
(a) knowingly takes in exchange from any seaman or other person, not being the owner or master of any vessel, anything belonging to any vessel or any part of the cargo of any such vessel, or any stores or articles in charge of the owner or master of any such vessel;
(b) for the purposes of protecting or preventing anything whatsoever from being lawfully seized on suspicion of its being stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained, or of preventing the same from being produced or made to serve as evidence concerning any offence or committed or supposed to have been committed frames or causes to be framed any bill of parcels containing any false statement in regard to the name or abode of any alleged vendor, the quantity or quality of any such thing, the place whence or the conveyance by which the same was furnished, the price agreed upon or charged for the same or any other particular, knowing such statement to be false; or fraudulently produces such bill of parcels, knowing the same to have been fraudulently framed; (Amended 50 of 1991 s. 4)
(c) bores, pierces, breaks, cuts open or otherwise injures any cask, box or package containing wine, spirits or other liquors on board any ship, boat or vessel, or in or upon any warehouse, wharf, quay or bank, with intent to steal or otherwise unlawfully obtain any part of the contents thereof; or unlawfully or with intent to destroy evidence of any offence drinks or wilfully spills or allows to run to waste any part of the contents thereof; or (Amended 50 of 1991 s. 4)
(d) wilfully causes to be broken, pierced, started, cut, torn or otherwise injured any cask, chest, bag or other package containing any goods, while on board of any barge, lighter or other craft, or at any quay, creek, wharf or landing-place adjacent to the same, or on the way to or from any warehouse, with intent that the contents of such package or any part thereof may be spilled or dropped from such package,
shall be liable to a fine at level l or to imprisonment for 3 months.
(Amended 22 of 1950 Schedule; E.R. 1 of 2021)