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HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

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Ordinance No. 24 of 2001

An Ordinance to provide for a fixed penalty to be payable for certain offences, for the recovery of the fixed penalty, and for connected purposes.

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Enacted by the Legislative Council.

PART 1
Preliminary

1. Short title and commencement

(1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Fixed Penalty (Public Cleanliness Offences) Ordinance.

(2) This Ordinance shall come into operation on a day to be appointed by the Secretary for the Environment and Food by notice published in the Gazette.

2. Interpretation

(1) In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—

“fixed penalty” (定額罰款), in relation to a scheduled offence, means the fixed penalty set out opposite to the offence in column 4 of Schedule 1;

“proceedings” (法律程序) means proceedings before a magistrate in respect of a scheduled offence;

“scheduled offence” (表列罪行) means an offence that is described in columns 2 and 3 of Schedule 1.

(2) A description in column 3 of Schedule 1 indicates for convenience of reference only the general nature of the offence under the provision set out opposite to that description in column 2 of the Schedule.