### Telecommunications Ordinance 《電訊條例》

26. Transmission by telecommunications officer of message not paid for
A telecommunications officer who, with intent to defraud, transmits by telecommunications a message in respect of which the charge prescribed by or under this Ordinance has not been paid shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 4 and to imprisonment for 2 years.
(Amended 18 of 1994 s. 9; 36 of 2000 s. 28; E.R. 2 of 2012)

27. Damaging telecommunications installation with intent
Any person who damages, removes or interferes in any way whatsoever with a telecommunications installation with intent to— (Amended 36 of 2000 s. 28)
(a) prevent or obstruct the transmission or delivery of a message; or
(b) intercept or discover the contents of a message,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 4 and to imprisonment for 2 years.
(Amended 18 of 1994 s. 10; E.R. 2 of 2012)

### Telecommunications Ordinance 《電訊條例》

27A. Unauthorized access to computer by telecommunications
(1) Any person who, by telecommunications, knowingly causes a computer to perform any function to obtain unauthorized access to any program or data held in a computer commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 4. (Amended 36 of 2000 s. 28; E.R. 2 of 2012)
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)—
(a) the intent of the person need not be directed at—
(i) any particular program or data;
(ii) a program or data of a particular kind; or
(iii) a program or data held in a particular computer;
(b) access of any kind by a person to any program or data held in a computer is unauthorized if he is not entitled to control access of the kind in question to the program or data held in the computer and—
(i) he has not been authorized to obtain access of the kind in question to the program or data held in the computer by any person who is so entitled;
(ii) he does not believe that he has been so authorized; and
(iii) he does not believe that he would have been so authorized if he had applied for the appropriate authority.
(3) Subsection (1) has effect without prejudice to any law relating to powers of inspection, search or seizure.
(4) Notwithstanding section 26 of the Magistrates Ordinance (Cap. 227), proceedings for an offence under this section may be brought at any time within 3 years of the commission of the offence or within 6 months of the discovery of the offence by the prosecutor, whichever period expires first.
(Added 23 of 1993 s. 2)

28. False or deceptive distress, etc., messages
A person who transmits, or causes to be transmitted, by telecommunications a false distress, urgency, safety or identification signal— (Amended 36 of 2000 s. 28)
(a) knowing or believing it to be false; or
(b) with intent to deceive,
commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 2 years.
(Replaced 62 of 1996 s. 3)

29. Entry on certain land without permission
Any person who, without lawful authority or excuse, enters or remains on any land in the occupation of a person who provides a telecommunications service shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 2.
(Amended 18 of 1994 s. 12; 36 of 2000 s. 28; E.R. 2 of 2012)

### Telecommunications Ordinance 《電訊條例》

30. Penalty for contravention of order under section 33
Any person who fails to comply with an order under section 33 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 4 and to imprisonment for 12 months.
(Amended 18 of 1994 s. 13; E.R. 2 of 2012)

31. Obstruction of Authority, etc.
Any person who wilfully obstructs the Authority or any public officer in the exercise of any power conferred upon the Authority or public officer by this Ordinance shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 4 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(Amended 18 of 1994 s. 14; 17 of 2011 s. 28; E.R. 2 of 2012)

32. Liability of directors, etc., where offence committed by corporation
Where a person by whom an offence under this Ordinance is committed is a corporation and it is proved that the offence was committed with the consent or connivance of a director or other officer concerned in the management of the corporation, the director or other officer shall be guilty of the like offence.

32A. Use of unauthorized frequencies
A licensee who possesses or uses a radio transmitter operating on a frequency, or installed at a location, not authorized under its licence commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine at level 5 and to imprisonment for 2 years.
(Added 36 of 2000 s. 16)

32B. Unauthorized dealing in radio transmitters
A licensee authorized to deal in radio transmitters in the course of trade or business—
(a) who sells or offers to sell or delivers a radio transmitter to a person who is not licensed, or issued with a permit, or exempt from licensing, to possess or use that transmitter;
(b) who sells or offers to sell or delivers a radio transmitter the sale or delivery of which is prohibited under a condition of the licence; or
(c) where the licence conditions provide that the sale or delivery of a particular class of radio transmitters shall be recorded in a transaction register in accordance with the licence conditions, who fails to make the record upon sale or delivery,
commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine at level 5 and to imprisonment for 2 years.
(Added 36 of 2000 s. 16)