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| Name: | Crimes (Torture) Ordinance (No. 11 of 1993) |
| Country: | China - Hong Kong Special Administrative Region |
| Subject(s): | Human rights |
| Type of legislation: | Law, Act |
| Adopted on: | 1993-01-20 |
| Entry into force: | |
| Published on: | Hong Kong Government Gazette, Legal Supplement, 1993-01-21, No. 1, pp. A112-A121 |
| ISN: | CHN-1993-L-32391 |
| Link: | https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=32391&p_lang=en |
| Bibliography: | Hong Kong Government Gazette, Legal Supplement, 1993-01-21, No. 1, pp. A112-A121 |
| Abstract/Citation: | Establishes the offence of "torture", which is defined as the intentional infliction of severe pain or suffering on another. Applies in particular to public officials or those acting at the instigation of a public official. |