Portal:Ordinances of Hong Kong

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This is a list of ordinances as originally enacted by the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, sorted by their original citation and their year of enactment.

Ordinances without short titles when they were originally enacted are named using the short title assigned to them retroactively by another ordinance. Ordinances without a retroactive short title are named using the short form used in the earliest edition of The Ordinances of Hong Kong. A citation indicating the edition of The Ordinances of Hong Kong is included if a short form from the collection is used.

1844

Citation Short title
No. 1 of 1844 Slavery Ordinance[1]
No. 2 of 1844 Printing Regulation Ordinance[1]
No. 3 of 1844 Registration of Deeds Wills &c. Ordinance[1]
No. 4 of 1844 Merchant Shipping Ordinance[1]
No. 5 of 1844 Good Order and Cleanliness Ordinance[1]
No. 6 of 1844 Civil Actions-Arbitration Ordinance[1]
No. 7 of 1844 Usury Laws Ordinance[1]
No. 8 of 1844 Distillation of Spirits Ordinance[1]
No. 9 of 1844 Restraint of Trade in China Ordinance[1]
No. 10 of 1844 Justices of Peace-Summary Jurisdiction Ordinance[1]
No. 11 of 1844 Licensing Public Houses, &c. Ordinance[1]
No. 12 of 1844 Police Force Regulation Ordinance[1]
No. 13 of 1844 Chinese Peace Officers Regulation Ordinance[1]
No. 14 of 1844 Public Gaming Ordinance[1]
No. 15 of 1844 Supreme Court Ordinance[1]
No. 16 of 1844 Registration of Inhabitants Ordinance[1]
No. 17 of 1844 Peace and Quiet Ordinance[1]
No. 18 of 1844 Registration and Census Ordinance[1]
No. 19 of 1844 Harbour Regulation Ordinance[1]
No. 20 of 1844 Martial Law Ordinance[1]
No. 21 of 1844 Salt, Opium Licensing &c. Ordinance[1]
No. 22 of 1844 Weights and Measures Ordinance[1]

1853

Citation Short title
No. 2 of 1853 Aliens (Rights of Property) Ordinance, 1853
No. 3 of 1853 Ordinance No. 3 of 1853

1886

Citation Short title
No. 1 of 1886
No. 2 of 1886 The Apportionment Ordinance, 1886
No. 3 of 1886 The Larceny and Embezzlement Amendment Ordinance, 1886
No. 4 of 1886 The Infants Custody Ordinance, 1886
No. 5 of 1886 The Sales of Reversions Ordinance, 1886
No. 6 of 1886 The Printers and Publishers Ordinance, 1886
No. 7 of 1886 The Usury Ordinance, 1886
No. 15 of 1886 The Peace Preservation Ordinance, 1886
No. 16 of 1886 The Stamp Ordinance, 1886
No. 17 of 1886 The Opium Ordinance, 1886
No. 19 of 1886 The Reformatory Schools Ordinance, 1886
No. 20 of 1886 The Harbour Regulations Ordinance, 1886

1893

Citation Short title
No. 14 of 1893 Appropriation Ordinance 1893
No. 15 of 1893 Supplementary Appropriation Ordinance 1893

1922

Citation Short title
No. 5 of 1922 Emergency Regulations Ordinance, 1922

1949

Citation Short title
No. 51 of 1949 Essential Services Corps Ordinance, 1949

1955

Citation Short title
No. 68 of 1955 Buildings Ordinance, 1955

1962

Citation Short title
No. 39 of 1962 Fisheries Protection Ordinance, 1962

1968

Citation Short title
No. 38 of 1968 Employment Ordinance 1968

1971

Citation Short title
No. 52 of 1971 Education Ordinance 1971
No. 60 of 1971 Crimes Ordinance 1971

1973

Citation Short title
No. 5 of 1973 Copyright Ordinance 1973

1987

Citation Short title
No. 9 of 1987 Control of Obscene and Indecent Articles Ordinance 1987

1988

Citation Short title
No. 25 of 1988 Film Censorship Ordinance 1988
No. 57 of 1988 Complex Commercial Crimes Ordinance 1988

1991

Citation Short title
No. 59 of 1991 Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance 1991

1993

Citation Short title
No. 11 of 1993 Crimes (Torture) Ordinance
No. 24 of 1993 Crimes (Amendment) Ordinance 1993

1997

Citation Short title
No. 110 of 1997 Hong Kong Reunification Ordinance
No. 128 of 1997 Chinese Nationality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance
No. 129 of 1997 Electoral Affairs Commission Ordinance

2000

Citation Short title
No. 1 of 2000 Electronic Transactions Ordinance
No. 10 of 2000 Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Conduct) Ordinance
No. 48 of 2000 Broadcasting Ordinance
No. 67 of 2000 Witness Protection Ordinance

2001

Citation Short title
No. 21 of 2001 Chief Executive Election Ordinance
No. 24 of 2001 Fixed Penalty (Public Cleanliness Offences) Ordinance

2002

Citation Short title
No. 4 of 2002 Dangerous Goods (Amendment) Ordinance 2002
No. 21 of 2002 Fire Safety (Buildings) Ordinance

2003

Citation Short title
No. 26 of 2003 Chemical Weapons (Convention) Ordinance

2004

Citation Short title
No. 7 of 2004 Deposit Protection Scheme Ordinance
No. 20 of 2004 Clearing and Settlement Systems Ordinance

2008

Citation Short title
No. 4 of 2008 Domicile Ordinance
No. 26 of 2008 Fixed Penalty (Smoking Offences) Ordinance

2010

Citation Short title
No. 17 of 2010 Arbitration Ordinance
No. 18 of 2010 Buildings Energy Efficiency Ordinance

2011

Citation Short title
No. 3 of 2011 Motor Vehicle Idling (Fixed Penalty) Ordinance
No. 5 of 2011 Food Safety Ordinance
No. 15 of 2011 Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing (Financial Institutions) Ordinance

2012

Citation Short title
No. 2 of 2012 Adaptation of Laws (Military References) Ordinance 2012
No. 14 of 2012 Competition Ordinance

2014

Citation Short title
No. 17 of 2014 Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Ordinance

2017

Citation Short title
No. 7 of 2017 Cross-boundary Movement of Physical Currency and Bearer Negotiable Instruments Ordinance
No. 12 of 2017 Apology Ordinance

2018

Citation Short title
No. 10 of 2018 Dutiable Commodities (Amendment) Ordinance 2018

2021

Citation Short title
No. 35 of 2021 Crimes (Amendment) Ordinance 2021

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 Leach, A.J. (1890). The Ordinances of the Legislative Council of the Colony of Hongkong, Commencing with the Year 1844 1 (Concise ed.). Hongkong: Noronha & Co., Government Printers. 
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