### Crimes Ordinance 《刑事罪行條例》

78. Powers of search, forfeiture, etc.
(1) If it appears to a magistrate, from information given him on oath, that there is reasonable cause to believe that a person has in his custody or under his control—
(a) any thing which he or another has used after the commencement of the Crimes (Amendment) Ordinance 1992 (49 of 1992) for the making of any false instrument or copy of a false instrument, in contravention of section 71 or 72;
(b) any false instrument or copy of a false instrument which he or another has used after the commencement of the Crimes (Amendment) Ordinance 1992 (49 of 1992) or intends to use, in contravention of section 73 or 74; or
(c) any thing which under section 75 or 76 it is an offence for that person to have in his custody or under his control without lawful authority or excuse,
the magistrate may issue a warrant authorizing a police officer, customs officer or immigration officer to search for and seize that thing, instrument or copy, and for that purpose to enter any premises specified in the warrant.
(2) A police officer, customs officer or immigration officer, at any time after seizing an object suspected of being a thing, instrument or copy to which subsection (1) applies (whether or not the seizure was effected by virtue of a warrant under that subsection) may apply to a magistrate for an order under this subsection with respect to that object, and the magistrate, if satisfied that—
(a) the object is a thing, instrument or copy to which subsection (1) applies; and
(b) it is in the public interest to do so,
may, subject to subsection (4), make such order as he thinks fit for the forfeiture of the object and its subsequent destruction or disposal.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), the court by or before which a person is convicted of an offence under this Part may order any object which it is satisfied relates to the commission of the offence to be forfeited and either destroyed or dealt with in such other manner as the court may direct.
(4) If any person claiming to be the owner of or otherwise interested in any object liable to be forfeited under subsection (2) or (3) applies to be heard by a court or magistrate, as the case may be, the court or magistrate shall not order the object to be forfeited unless an opportunity has been given to that person to show cause why the order should not be made.
Editorial Note:
See also 49 of 1992 s. 4.

### Crimes Ordinance 《刑事罪行條例》

79. Abolition of offence of forgery at common law
The offence of forgery at common law is abolished for all purposes relating to offences committed after the commencement of the Crimes (Amendment) Ordinance 1992 (49 of 1992).

84. Making false entry in contract for sale of shares
Any person, whether principal, broker or agent, who wilfully inserts, in any contract, agreement or token of sale and purchase made or entered into for the sale or transfer, or purporting to be for the sale or transfer, of any share, stock or other interest in the capital stock of any bank, body corporate, company or society, established by charter or by, under or by virtue of any Ordinance, issuing shares or stock transferable by any deed or written instrument, any false entry of the numbers by which the same are distinguished on the registers or books of such company, or any names other than those of the persons in whose name such shares, stock or interest stand as registered proprietors thereof in the books of such company, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction upon indictment to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 3 years.
(33 of 1935 s. 4 incorporated. Amended 22 of 1950 Schedule; 13 of 1999 s. 3; E.R. 4 of 2021)[cf. 1867 c. 29 s. 1 U.K.]

### Crimes Ordinance 《刑事罪行條例》

85. Making false entry in bank book, etc.
(1) Any person who, with intent to defraud— (Amended 23 of 1993 s. 4)
(a) makes any false entry or alters any word or figure in any of the books of account kept at any bank in Hong Kong or by any body corporate, company or society, established by charter or by, under, or by virtue of any Ordinance, in which books the accounts of the owners of any money deposited in such bank or of any stock of any such body corporate are entered and kept; or (Amended 13 of 1999 s. 3)
(b) in any manner falsifies any of the accounts of any such owners in any of the said books; or
(c) makes any transfer of any share or interest in any such deposit or stock in the name of any person not being the true and lawful owner of such share or interest,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction upon indictment to imprisonment for life.
(2) In subsection (1), books (簿冊) includes any disc, card, tape, microchip, sound track or other device on or in which information is recorded or stored by mechanical, electronic, optical or other means. (Added 23 of 1993 s. 4)
(33 of 1935 s. 5 incorporated)[cf. 1861 c. 98 s. 5 U.K.]

86. Bank clerk making out false dividend warrant
Any person who, being a clerk or servant of, or other person employed or entrusted by, any bank in Hong Kong or any such body corporate, company or society as is mentioned in section 85, with intent to defraud makes out or delivers any dividend warrant, or warrant for payment of any interest or money for a greater or less amount than the amount to which the person on whose behalf such warrant is made out is entitled, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction upon indictment to imprisonment for 7 years.
(33 of 1935 s. 6 incorporated) [cf. 1861 c. 98 s. 6 U.K.]