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CHN-1993-L-32391
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Title_of_text
Crimes (Torture) Ordinance (No. 11 of 1993)
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
China
Territorial subdivision(s)
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Subjects (Classification)
Human rights
Adopted on (Date of text)
1993-01-20
Scope of text
Non-Metropolitan Territories
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
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.
Serial region
Serial title
Hong Kong Government Gazette, Legal Supplement
Date
1993-01-21
Number
No. 1
Page range
pp. A112-A121