### Aviation Security Ordinance 《航空保安條例》

10. Offences in relation to certain dangerous articles
(1) Any person who, without lawful authority or excuse, has with him—
(a) on any aircraft registered in Hong Kong;
(b) on any other aircraft at a time when it is in, or in flight over, Hong Kong;
(c) in any part of an aerodrome; or
(d) in any air navigation installation in Hong Kong which does not form part of an aerodrome,
any restricted article commits an offence.
(2) For the purposes of this section a person who is for the time being in an aircraft, or in part of an aerodrome, shall be treated as having with him in the aircraft, or in that part of the aerodrome, as the case may be, a restricted article if—
(a) where he is on an aircraft, the article is in the aircraft and has been—
(i) caused (whether by him or by any other person) to be brought there as being, or as forming part of, his baggage on a flight on the aircraft; or
(ii) caused by him to be brought there as being, or as forming part of, any other property to be carried on such a flight; or
(b) where he is in part of an aerodrome (otherwise than in an aircraft), the article, or an article in which it is contained, is in that or any other part of the aerodrome and has been—
(i) caused (whether by him or by any other person) to be brought into the aerodrome as being, or as forming part of, his baggage on a flight from that aerodrome; or
(ii) caused by him to be brought there as being, or as forming part of, any other property to be carried on such a flight on which he is also to be carried,
notwithstanding that the circumstances may be such that (apart from this subsection) he would not be regarded as having the article with him in the aircraft or in a part of the aerodrome, as the case may be.
(3) Nothing in subsection (2) shall be construed as limiting the circumstances in which a person would, apart from that subsection, be regarded as having an article with him as mentioned in subsection (1).
(4) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 6 months;
(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine at level 6 and to imprisonment for 5 years.

[cf. 1973 c. 47 s. 16 U.K.]

### Aviation Security Ordinance 《航空保安條例》

11. Other acts endangering or likely to endanger safety of aircraft
(1) Subject to subsections (5) and (6), it is an offence for any person unlawfully and intentionally to destroy or damage any property to which this subsection applies, or to interfere with the operation of any such property, where the destruction, damage or interference is likely to endanger the safety of aircraft in flight.
(2) Subsection (1) applies to any property used for the provision of air navigation facilities, including—
(a) any land, building or ship so used; and
(b) any apparatus or equipment so used, whether it is on board an aircraft or elsewhere.
(3) Subject to subsections (4) and (5), it is an offence for any person to intentionally to communicate any information which is false, misleading or deceptive in a material particular, if the communication of the information endangers the safety of an aircraft in flight or is likely to endanger the safety of aircraft in flight.
(4) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (3) to prove—
(a) that he believed, and had reasonable grounds for believing, that the information was true; or
(b) that, when he communicated the information, he was lawfully employed to perform duties which consisted of or included the communication of information and that he communicated the information in good faith in the performance of those duties.
(5) Subsections (1) and (3) do not apply to the commission of any act unless either the act is committed in Hong Kong, or, where it is committed outside Hong Kong—
(a) the person committing it is a Hong Kong permanent resident;
(b) the act endangers or is likely to endanger the safety in flight of a Hong Kong-controlled aircraft; or
(c) the act is committed on board an aircraft which lands in Hong Kong with the person who committed the act still on board.
(6) Subsection (1) also does not apply to any act committed outside Hong Kong in relation to property which—
(a) is situated outside Hong Kong; and
(b) is not used for the provision of air navigation facilities in connection with international air navigation,
unless the person committing the act is a Hong Kong permanent resident.
(7) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) or (3) is liable, on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for life.

[cf. 1973 c. 47 s. 2 U.K.]

### Aviation Security Ordinance 《航空保安條例》

12. Acts of violence committed during hijacking or attempted hijacking, etc.
(1) Without prejudice to section 3, 9(1)(b) or 12A, where a person does on board any aircraft (wherever registered) and while outside Hong Kong any act which if done in Hong Kong would constitute the offence of murder, attempted murder, manslaughter, culpable homicide or assault or an offence under section 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 28 or 29 of the Offences against the Person Ordinance (Cap. 212) or under section 53 or 54 of the Crimes Ordinance (Cap. 200), the act shall constitute that offence if it is done in connection with an offence of hijacking committed or attempted by that person on board that aircraft. (Amended 14 of 2005 s. 3)
(2) It is an offence for any person in Hong Kong to induce or assist in the commission outside Hong Kong of any act which—
(a) would, but for section 8(2), be an offence under that section; or
(b) would, but for section 11(5) or (6), be an offence under that section. (Amended E.R. 6 of 2019)
(3) A person who commits an offence under subsection (2) is liable, on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for life.
(4) Subsection (2) has effect without prejudice to the operation, in relation to any offence under section 8 or 11, of any law relating to accessories.
[cf. 1971 c. 70 s. 2 U.K.]

### Aviation Security Ordinance 《航空保安條例》

12A. Acts of violence, threats, destruction of property, etc., in general
(1) Without prejudice to section 3, 9(1)(b) or 12 but subject to section 12C, where a person does on board any aircraft (wherever registered) and while outside Hong Kong any act which if done in Hong Kong would constitute an offence under section 17(a), 19, 39 or 40 of the Offences against the Person Ordinance (Cap. 212) or section 24, 60, 118, 118A, 122, 146 or 148 of the Crimes Ordinance (Cap. 200), the act shall constitute that offence.
(2) For the avoidance of doubt, the references to “public place” and “the public” in section 148(1) of the Crimes Ordinance (Cap. 200) shall, for the purposes of subsection (1), be deemed to include an aircraft and the passengers and crew of an aircraft, respectively.
(Added 14 of 2005 s. 4)