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Ord. No. 82 of 1994

ORGANIZED AND SERIOUS CRIMES

HONG KONG

Ordiance No. 82 of 1994

I assent.

Christopher PATTEN,
Governor
20 October 1994

L.S.

An Ordinance to create new powers of investigation into organized crimes and certain other offences and into the proceeds of crime of certain offenders; provide for the confiscation of proceeds of crime; make provision in respect of the sentencing of certain offenders; create an offence of assisting a person to retain proceeds of crime; and for ancillary and connected matters.

Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.

PART I
Preliminary

1. Short title and commencement

(1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Organized and Serious Crimes Ordinance.

(2) This Ordinance shall come into operation on a day to be appointed by the Secretary for Security by notice in the Gazette, and different days may be so appointed for different provisions.

2. Interpretation

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

“authorized officer” (獲授權人) means—

(a) any police officer;

(b) any member of the Customs and Excise Service established by section 3 of the Customs and Excise Service Ordinance (Cap. 342); and

(c) any other person authorized in writing by the Attorney General for the purposes of this Ordinance;