Skip to Main Content
 
 

Title_of_text

Crimes (Torture) Ordinance (No. 11 of 1993)

Main Region

First Region

China
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Human rights
1993-01-20
Non-Metropolitan Territories
Law, Act

Second Region

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.

Serial region

    Serial title
    Hong Kong Government Gazette, Legal Supplement
    Date
    1993-01-21
    Number
    No. 1
    Page range
    pp. A112-A121