Portal:Ordinances of Hong Kong

This is a list of ordinances as originally enacted by the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, sorted by their original citation and their year of enactment.

Ordinances without short titles when they were originally enacted are named using the short title assigned to them retroactively by another ordinance.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

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. 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. 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.