第371章详题

本条例旨在禁止在某些区域吸烟，并就烟草包上及烟草广告内展示健康忠告及其他资料，以及就附带事宜订定条文。
(由1994年第91号第2条修订)
[第I部、第IV部(第11及12条除外)及第V部
}1982年8月13日

第11条
}1982年11月15日
第II部及第12条(与以霓虹灯标志展示的广告有关者除外)
}1983年2月15日

第12条(与以霓虹灯标志展示的广告有关)
}1983年5月15日
第III部
}1983年8月15日 1982年第314号法律公告]
(本为1982年第58号)
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注：
请参阅载于《1997年吸烟(公众生)(修订)条例》(1997年第93号)的过渡性条文。该条转录如下─
“27.过渡性条文
(1)任何人出售、要约出售或为售卖用途而管有不符合经本条例修订的主体条例中关于焦油量及尼古丁量的条文的烟草产品封包或零售盛器，并不犯经本条例修订的主体条例所订的罪行，但在亦只有在该等烟草产品封包或零售盛器符合在紧接本条的生效日期*前有效的主体条例中关于焦油含量类别的条文，该人才没有犯该等罪行。
(2)本条在本条的生效日期*一周年当日失效。”。
*生效日期：1999年7月16日。

第371章 第1条简称
第I部
导言
本条例可引称为《吸烟(公众生)条例》。

第371章 第2条释义
在本条例中，除文意另有所指外─
“公共升降机”(public lift) 指公众可乘用的升降机，并包括任何可通往个别占用的楼宇单位、办公室或其他住宿单位的升降机及包括酒店升降机；
“公共交通工具”(public transport carrier) 指附表1所述的任何公共巴士、公共小巴、的士、列车、轻便铁路车辆、电车、缆车或渡轮，而该公共巴士、公共小巴、的士、列车、轻便铁路车辆、电车、缆车或渡轮是正在符合附表1的情况下运载公众人士的； (由1992年第9号第2条增补)
“尼古丁量”(nicotine yield) 指调整为小数点后一个位并以毫克表示的每支香烟的尼古丁量； (由1997年第93号第2条增补)
“主要高级人员”(principal officer)─
(a)就某个政府部门而言，指该部门的主管；
(b)就某个组织或团体而言，指该组织或团体的主管或其他掌管该组织或团体的高级人员； (由1995年第68号第37条增补)“出售”、“售卖”、“销售”、“售”(sale, sell) 包括藉以物相易或抽签的方式处置，但不包括政府透过拍卖对被充公的没有健康忠告的香烟的处置； (由1997年第93号第2条增补)
“刊登”(publish)，就广告而言，指以任何方式使人获悉广告；
“身分证明文件”(proof of identity) 指为施行《入境条例》(第115章)第ⅣA部的身分证明文件； (由1997年第80号第103条修订)
“局长”(Secretary) 指生福利及食物局局长； (由2002年第106号法律公告增补)
“吸烟”、“吸用”(smoke) 指吸入与呼出烟草或其他物质的烟；
“食肆”(restaurant) 指依据《公众生及市政条例》(第132章)获发牌照的食肆； (由1997年第93号第2条增补)
“香烟”(cigarette) 指用纸或用烟草以外的任何其他物料卷裹，并处于可供即时吸用状态的烟草；
“香烟烟草”(cigarette tobacco) 指以适合购买者制造香烟自用的方式包装的烟草；
“规例”(regulations) 指根据第18条订立的规例；
“雪茄”(cigar) 指用烟草卷裹，并处于可供即时吸用状态的烟草； (由1994年第91号第3条增补)
“商标”(trade mark) 的涵义与《商标条例》(第559章)第3条中该词的涵义相同； (由1997年第93号第2条增补。由2000年第35号第98条修订)
“牌子”(brand)，除在第14(3)条外，包括某一牌子的产品，即牌子相同但作为品质有异于同牌子的另一品种而销售的品种；
“报刊”(newspaper)、“本地报刊”(local newspaper) 及“印刷文件”(printed document) 具有《本地报刊注册条例》(第268章)给予各词的涵义； (由1987年第15号第19条修订)
“焦油量”(tar yield) 指调整为最接近的毫克整数的每支香烟的焦油量； (由1997年第93号第2条增补)
“烟斗”(pipe) 指设计用作吸用并非处于香烟或雪茄状态的烟草的容器或装置； (由1994年第91号第3条增补)
“禁止吸烟区”(no smoking area) 指根据第3(1)、(1A)或(1C)条指定为禁止吸烟区的区域或根据第3(1B)条指定的处所或其部分； (由1992年第9号第2条代替。由1997年第93号第2条修订)
“烟斗烟草”(pipe tobacco) 指以适合在烟斗吸用的方式包装的烟草； (由1994年第91号第3条增补)
“烟草产品”(tobacco product) 指任何香烟、香烟烟草、雪茄或烟斗烟草； (由1997年第93号第2条增补)
“烟草广告”(tobacco advertisement) 具有第14条给予该词的涵义； (由1994年第91号第3条增补)
“零售盛器”(retail container) 指适合用作零售香烟包、雪茄包或烟斗烟草包的盛器； (由1994年第91号第3条修订)
“电影院”(cinema)、“剧院”(theatre) 及“音乐厅”(concert hall) 指─
(a)主要用作电影院、剧院或音乐厅(视属何情况而定)的任何建筑物或其中任何部分，不论它在关键时间是否作此用途，但用作主要为会员及其宾客放映电影、上演戏剧或演奏音乐的会社、社团或其他团体的处所除外；
(b)任何根据《公众娱乐场所条例》(第172章)获发牌照，并因举行音乐会、演出舞台剧、作舞台表演或因提供其他音乐、戏剧或剧场方面的娱乐或因放映任何电影而正开放予公众的公众娱乐场所； (由1992年第9号第2条增补)“游戏机中心”(amusement game centre) 具有《杂类牌照条例》(第114章)第2条给予该词的涵义； (由1992年第9号第2条增补)
“管理人”(manager)─
(a)就游戏机中心、电影院、剧院、音乐厅、公共交通工具、食肆、百货公司、购物商场、超级市场或银行而言，包括助理管理人、任何担任类似管理人或助理管理人职位的人或任何负责管理、或管控或控制游戏机中心、电影院、剧院、音乐厅、公共交通工具、食肆、百货公司、购物商场、超级市场或银行的人； (由1992年第9号第2条代替。由1994年第91号第3条修订；由1997年第93号第2条修订)
(b)就升降机而言，包括升降机所在的建筑物的拥有人、占用人或承租人、或管控或控制该建筑物或升降机的人；
(c)就根据第3(1A)条指定的禁止吸烟区而言，指作出该项指定的主要高级人员； (由1995年第68号第37条增补)“广告”(advertisement) 指以任何方式向公众作出或行将向公众作出的公告；
“机构”(agency) 指附表3第2栏所指明的政府部门或其他组织或团体。 (由1995年第68号第37条增补)
(由1992年第9号第2条修订；由1994年第91号第3条修订)

第371章 第3条禁止在某些指定区域内吸烟
第II部
禁止吸烟区
(1)现指定附表2所述的区域为禁止吸烟区。
(1A)任何机构的主要高级人员，均可将附表3第3栏就该机构所指明的任何区域或其中一部分指定为禁止吸烟区。 (由1995年第68号第38条增补。由1997年第93号第3条修订)
(1B)除第(1C)款另有规定外，附表4所指明的任何处所的管理人可指定该处所或其任何部分为禁止吸烟区。 (由1997年第93号第3条增补)
(1C)以全高度间隔隔开以作某项私人活动专用的席位除外，提供多过200个室内席位的食肆，其管理人需指定不少于三分一的面积作为禁止吸烟区。 (由1997年第93号第3条增补)
(2)任何人不得在禁止吸烟区内吸烟或携带燃的香烟、雪茄或烟斗。
(3)如任何人看似正在违反第(2)款，则禁止吸烟区的任何管理人或任何由该管理人就此授权的人─
(a)经表示该人是在违反第(2)款下在禁止吸烟区内吸烟或携带燃的香烟、雪茄或烟斗(视属何情况而定)后，可要求该人将燃的香烟、雪茄或烟斗弄熄；
(b)如该人没有将燃的香烟、雪茄或烟斗弄熄，可要求他─
(i)提供其姓名及地址，以及出示身分证明文件；及
(ii)离开禁止吸烟区；(c)如该人没有按根据(b)段提出的要求─
(i)提供其姓名及地址，以及出示身分证明文件；或
(ii)离开禁止吸烟区，
可在有需要时使用合理武力将该人逐出禁止吸烟区并将他扣留，并召唤警务人员协助强制执行本条的规定。(4)任何人如根据第(3)款被要求离开禁止吸烟区、被逐出禁止吸烟区或被扣留，均无权获退还他为进入有关禁止吸烟区所在的处所或建筑物所缴付的入场费或款项。
(由1992年第9号第3条代替)

第371章 第4条禁止在公共交通工具内吸烟
(1)任何人不得在公共交通工具内吸烟或携带燃的香烟、雪茄或烟斗。
(2)如任何人看似正在违反第(1)款，则任何公共交通工具的司机、指导员、稽查、收票员或管理人或任何获该管理人就此授权的人─ (由1995年第68号第39条修订)
(a)经表示该人是在违反第(1)款下在公共交通工具内吸烟或携带燃的香烟、雪茄或烟斗(视属何情况而定)后，可要求该人将燃的香烟、雪茄或烟斗弄熄；
(b)如该人没有将燃的香烟、雪茄或烟斗弄熄，可要求他─
(i)提供其姓名及地址，以及出示身分证明文件；及
(ii)离开该公共交通工具；(c)如该人没有按根据(b)段提出的要求─
(i)提供其姓名及地址，以及出示身分证明文件；或
(ii)离开该公共交通工具，
可在有需要时使用合理武力将该人逐出该公共交通工具并将他扣留，并召唤警务人员协助强制执行本条的规定。(3)任何人如根据第(2)款被要求离开公共交通工具、被逐出公共交通工具或被扣留，均无权获退还他为乘搭有关公共交通工具所缴付的款项。
(由1992年第9号第3条代替)

第371章 第5条在禁止吸烟的地方展示标志
管理人须在所有禁止吸烟区或公共交通工具(视属何情况而定)的显眼处，设置足够数目的中英文标志，表示禁止在禁止吸烟区或公共交通工具内吸烟；该等标志须属订明的式样，并须由管理人保持在清晰可阅及良好的状况。
(由1992年第9号第3条代替)

第371章 第6条(废除)
(由1992年第9号第4条废除)

第371章 第6A条在食肆外面展示标志
(1)食肆管理人须在食肆内的可从食肆外面看到的显眼处，设置与维持设置一个中英文标志，表示该食肆内是否设有不准吸烟的座位区。 (由1997年第93号第4条修订)
(2)第(1)款所规定的标志，须具有订明的式样，并须由管理人保持在清晰可阅及良好的状况。
(3)任何管理人如没有按照第(1)款设置或维持设置标志，或没有按照第(2)款保持标志，即属犯罪，一经循简易程序定罪，可处第4级罚款。
(4)(由1997年第93号第4条废除)
(由1994年第91号第4条增补)

第371章 第7条第II部所订罪行
(1)任何人违反第3或4条，即属犯罪，一经循简易程序定罪，可处罚款$5000。
(2)任何人如在根据第3(3)或4(2)条被要求提供其姓名及地址或出示身分证明文件时，不遵从要求或提供虚假或误导他人的姓名或地址，即属犯罪，一经循简易程序定罪，可处第3级罚款。
(3)任何管理人如没有按照第5条设置标志或没有以该条所规定的方式保持该等标志，即属犯罪，一经循简易程序定罪，可处第4级罚款。 (由1992年第9号第5条代替)
(4)任何管理人违反第3(1C)条，即属犯罪，一经循简易程序定罪，可处第4级的罚款。 (由1997年第93号第5条增补)
(由1992年第9号第5条修订；由1997年第93号第5条修订)

第371章 第8条香烟及烟草产品的售卖
第Ⅲ部
烟草产品的售卖
(1)任何人不得售卖或要约出售任何香烟，或管有任何香烟作售卖用途，除非─
(a)该等香烟是装载于至少载有20支香烟的封包内；及
(b)该等香烟的封包及(如封包是在零售盛器内的话)盛器以订明的格式及方式载有─
(i)健康忠告；
(ii)焦油量及尼古丁量。 (由1997年第93号第6条代替)(2)本条、第8A及9条对于就─ (由1992年第9号第6条修订)
(a)扣存在保税仓库；或
(b)由烟草产品制造商持有，以供输出香港的香烟、香烟烟草、雪茄或烟斗烟草而作出的任何事情，均不适用。
(由1994年第91号第6条修订)

第371章 第8A条禁止售卖焦油量超过17毫克的香烟
(1)任何人不得售卖或要约出售焦油含量超过17毫克的香烟，或管有焦油含量超过17毫克的香烟作售卖用途。
(2)任何看来是由政府化验师签署，述明某支香烟含有超过17毫克焦油的证明书，即为于该证明书的日期其所述事实的证据，并须接受为证据而无须再加证明。
(由1992年第9号第7条增补。由1997年第93号第7条修订)

第371章 第8B条禁止以销售机售卖烟草产品
任何人不得以销售机售卖或要约以销售机售卖任何烟草产品。
(由1997年第93号第8条增补)

第371章 第9条烟草产品售卖时须载有的健康忠告
任何人不得售卖或要约出售任何雪茄、烟斗烟草或香烟烟草或管有任何雪茄、烟斗烟草或香烟烟草作售卖用途，除非该等雪茄、烟斗烟草或香烟烟草的盛器以订明的格式和方式载有健康忠告。
(由1994年第91号第7条代替)

第371章 第10条第III部所订罪行
(1)任何人违反第8、8A、8B或9条，即属犯罪，一经循简易程序定罪，可处第4级罚款。 (由1997年第93号第9条修订)
(1A) 在任何就违反第8A条而进行的法律程序中，如被控者证明其本人不知道亦没有理由相信该等法律程序所视及的香烟含有超过17毫克焦油，即为免责辩护。 (由1992年第9号第8条增补)
(2)任何香烟制造商或其代理人及任何香烟批发经销商售卖或要约出售第8条所适用的香烟，或管有该等香烟作售卖用途时，如封包或零售盛器上载有的焦油量或尼古丁量，在顾及根据第16条所作的鉴定及规例后并不正确，即属犯罪，一经循简易程序定罪，可处第4级罚款。
(3)任何香烟制造商或其代理人及任何香烟批发经销商售卖或要约出售第8条所适用的香烟，或管有该等香烟作售卖用途时，如该等香烟的封包或零售盛器上载有的牌子名称包括“醇”、“焦油含量低”、“light”、“lights”、“mild”、“milds”、“low tar”或其他文字，而该等文字意味或使人联想到该等香烟是含有低焦油量的，则除非该等香烟已根据第16条及规例被鉴定为含有9毫克或少于9毫克的焦油量，否则即属犯罪，一经循简易程序定罪，可处第4级罚款。 (由1997年第93号第9条代替)
(由1992年第9号第8条修订；由1997年第93号第9条修订)

第371章 第10A条检取及没收
(1)任何担任《海关条例》(第342章)附表1所指明职位的人，均可为根据本部进行法律程序而在没有手令的情况下检取、移走与扣留─
(a)以下装载香烟、香烟烟草、雪茄或烟斗烟草的封包或零售盛器─ (由1994年第91号第8条修订)
(i)没有以第8或9条所规定的格式和方式载有健康忠告或(如有此规定时)焦油量及尼古丁量的任何封包或零售盛器；或
(ii)该人有合理理由怀疑其内可能容载焦油含量超过17毫克的香烟的任何封包或零售盛器； (由1992年第9号第9条代替。由1997年第93号第10条修订)(aa)载有少于20支香烟的香烟封包； (由1997年第93号第10条增补)
(b)该封包或盛器内的东西；
(c)任何容载该封包或盛器的容器；
(ca)与第8B条所订罪行有关连的销售机或烟草产品； (由1997年第93号第10条增补)
(d)该人觉得属犯本部所订罪行的证据的物件。(1A) 任何担任《海关条例》(第342章)附表1所指明职位的人，均可为根据本部进行法律程序而在没有手令的情况下检取、移走与扣留─
(a)任何并非以封包或零售盛器(不论是否第(1)(a)款所提述者)容载而该人有合理理由怀疑可能含有超过17毫克焦油的香烟； (由1997年第93号第10条修订)
(b)任何容载上述香烟的容器；
(c)该人觉得属犯本部所订罪行的证据的物件。 (由1992年第9号第9条增补)(2)除第(4)款另有规定外，根据第(1)或(1A)款被检取的任何物品，均可由香港海关关长保管，直至根据本部进行的法律程序完结或经决定无须提起该等法律程序为止。 (由1997年第362号法律公告修订)
(3)为施行与《应课税品条例》(第109章)第46条并阅的该条例第16条(该条与妨碍海关人员有关)，根据第(1)或(1A)款被检取的任何物品，须当作依据该条例所授予的权力被检取。
(4)裁判官可应香港海关关长的申请，以第(1)(a)、(aa)、(b)、(c)或(ca)或(1A)(a)或(b)款所提及的任何物品涉于一宗已犯本 部所订罪行为理由，或以该物品在法律上不得在香港售卖或管有作售卖用途为理由，命令将该物品没收，不论是否有人被裁定犯本部所订罪行∶ (由1997年第93号第10条修订；由1997年第362号法律公告修订)
但裁判官除非首先信纳所有在该物品上拥有权益的人在合理切实可行的范围内曾有机会就此事向他作出申述，或首先信纳经合理的查讯后仍未能寻获该等人，否则不得命令将该物品没收。
(5)根据第(4)款没收的任何物品，须予毁掉或处置，方式一如毁掉或处置根据《应课税品条例》(第109章)第48、48A及48C条没收的任何物品，而该条例第49及50条的条文，均适用于根据第(4)款没收的物品，一如该等条文适用于根据该条例第48、48A及48C条没收的物品。 (由1993年第70号第7条修订)
(由1983年第52号第2条增补。由1992年第9号第9条修订)

第371章 第11条印刷刊物内的烟草广告
第IV部
烟草广告
(由1994年第91号第9条代替)
(1)任何人不得在本条适用的印刷刊物中印刷、刊登或安排刊登烟草广告。 (由1997年第93号第11条代替)
(2)本条适用于─
(a)任何本地报刊；
(b)在香港刊印或分发的任何印刷文件。 (由1997年第93号第11条代替)(3)本条及第12条─
(a)不适用于以下印刷刊物内的烟草广告─ (由1994年第91号第10条修订)
(i)为任何航空公司或船公司乘客而刊印的本地报刊；
(ii)为烟草业刊印或作为烟草业内任何公司的“内部”杂志而刊印的本地报刊； (由1984年第26号第2条代替)
(iii)为全部在香港以外地方行销而刊印的本地报刊； (由1997年第93号第11条增补)(aa)(由1997年第93号第11条废除)
(b)在订明的情况下不适用于印刷刊物内的烟草广告。

第371章 第12条不得展示烟草广告
(1)任何人不得─
(a)展示或安排展示；或
(b)为展示用途而刊登或分发，或安排为展示用途而刊登或分发，任何书面形式或其他永久或半永久形式的烟草广告。
(2)第(1)款不适用于下列烟草广告─
(a)出现于任何小贩摊档的广告，而该小贩持有根据《公众生及市政条例》(第132章)所发出的牌照，贩卖包括烟草产品的货品；及
(b)该广告以订明格式及方式载有健康忠告。(3)第(1)款不适用于下列烟草广告─
(a)出现于任何经营包括烟草产品的货品的零售商处所之内或之上的广告，而该零售商聘用不多于两名雇员；及
(b)该广告以订明格式及方式载有健康忠告。(4)第(1)款不适用于符合以下说明的烟草广告─
(a)(i)烟草广告是在任何烟草产品制造商或任何烟草产品批发商的处所之内或之上的；而
(ii)该等处所是用作制造烟草产品或作批发烟草产品的用途的；及(b)该等烟草广告是不能从该等处所外面看得见的。(5)第(4)款提及的烟草广告无须载有任何健康忠告或有关的焦油量及尼古丁量。
(由1997年第93号第12条代替)

第371章 第13条禁止以无线电或视觉影像方式播放烟草广告
任何人不得为拟供公众人士普遍接收而藉以下方法播放烟草广告─ (由1994年第91号第12条修订；由1997年第93号第13条修订)
(a)以无线电波传送声音；或
(b)以无线电或无视电以外的方法传送视觉影像或声音。
(由1992年第9号第11条代替)

第371章 第13A条禁止电影上映烟草广告
(1)任何人不得藉电影上映烟草广告。 (由1994年第91号第13条修订)
(2)在本条中，“上映”(exhibit) 及“电影”(film) 分别指《电影检查条例》(第392章)第2条所指的上映及电影。
(由1992年第9号第11条增补)

第371章 第13B条禁止将烟草广告置于电脑互联网上
(1)任何人不得将或安排将烟草广告置于电脑互联网上。
(2)为免生疑问，根据《电讯条例》(第106章)批给的公共非专利电讯服务牌照的持有人无须对以下事项负责─
(a)某使用人置于电脑互联网上并供另一使用人使用的任何内容，除非该持有人知道该等内容，而且可合理地预期该持有人会阻止该等内容的使用或可合理地预期该持有人会要求修订该等内容；或
(b)该持有人只提供取览方便的任何该等内容，包括因某使用人的要求而由该持有人对任何该等内容所作的自动和暂时储存。(3)第(1)款不适用于载于电脑互联网的任何私人通讯内且不是为商业目的作出的任何烟草广告。
(由1997年第93号第14条增补)

第371章 第14条烟草广告的涵义
(1)就本部而言，如任何广告─
(a)载有以明示或默示的方式诱使、建议或促请任何人购买或吸用香烟、香烟烟草、雪茄或烟斗烟草； (由1997年第93号第15条修订)
(b)述及吸烟，而所用的词句乃刻意以明示或默示的方式推广或鼓励使用香烟、香烟烟草、雪茄或烟斗烟草；或 (由1997年第93号第15条修订)
(c)阐说或提及吸烟、香烟、香烟烟草、雪茄或烟斗烟草，或其包装或品质， (由1997年第93号第15条增补)则该广告为烟草广告。
(1A) 尽管有第(1)(c)款的规定，如任何广告以劝阻吸烟为目的，则该广告不视为烟草广告。 (由1997年第93号第15条增补)
(2)除第(3)至(5)款另有规定外，凡─
(a)任何广告；或
(b)任何在进行任何业务或提供任何服务的过程中不论是为售卖或其他目的而向公众展示的烟草产品以外的物体，包含任何与销售任何烟草产品有关连的人的姓名、名称或商业名称，或包含任何烟草产品的商标或牌子名称或包含任何通常与其相联的图样或图样的一部分，则该广告或物体即须当作为烟草广告。 (由1997年第93号第15条代替)
(3)如任何广告或物体纯粹是─
(a)为非烟草产品或服务；或
(b)为职位招聘目的，而包含第(2)款提及的姓名、名称、商业名称、商标、牌子名称或图样或图样的一部分，则第(2)款不适用于该广告或物体。 (由1997年第93号第15条代替)
(4)如任何广告或物体包含─
(a)与制造或销售任何烟草产品有关连的公司或法人团体的名称；或
(b)与任何非烟草产品有关连而与任何烟草产品的商业名称或牌子名称相同的名称，以述明某项活动的赞助人或以祝贺某人或某事，所祝贺者为该人或该事的成就或与该人或该事有关的活动，而该广告或物体并没有提及“香烟”、“吸烟”、“烟草”、“雪茄”或“烟斗”，或“cigarette”、“cigarettes”、“smoking”、“tobacco”、“cigar”、“cigars”、“pipe”或“pipes”，则第(2)款不适用于该广告或物体。 (由1997年第93号第15条增补)
(5)尽管有第(2)款的规定，凡没有或不拟就任何烟草产品或其商标、商业名称、牌子名称或标识的意外或附带出现付出有值代价，则该等出现并不属烟草广告。 (由1997年第93号第15条增补)
(6)凡在任何售卖烟草产品的处所内展示─
(a)一个为每项烟草产品而设的价格标记，而该价格标记─
(i)只载有该烟草产品的名称及价格；及
(ii)尺寸不大于在该处所内出售的任何非烟草产品的价格标记的尺寸；或(b)一块只列出供售卖的烟草产品的名称及价格的价格板，而该价格板的面积不超过2000平方厘米，则该等展示并不属烟草广告。 (由1997年第93号第15条增补)
(由1994年第91号第14条修订)

第371章 第14A条将烟草广告移走和处置
(1)如任何获局长书面授权的公职人员合理地怀疑有人已就或正就任何烟草广告或广告构筑物违反本条例所订的罪行，则该人员可在无须付款的情况下移走或安排移走该烟草广告或广告构筑物。 (由1997年第362号法律公告修订；由2002年第106号法律公告修订)
(2)裁判官可应局长或获局长书面授权的任何公职人员的申请，基于有人已就或正就根据第(1)款移走的烟草广告或广告构筑物违反本条例所订的罪行，而命令处置该等烟草广告或广告构筑物，不论是否有人已被裁定犯本条例所订的罪行。 (由1997年第362号法律公告修订；由2002年第106号法律公告修订)
(3)除非裁判官首先信纳所有对该等广告或构筑物享有权益的人，已在合理的切实可行范围内尽量有机会就该等广告或构筑物向裁判官作出申述，或首先信纳在作出合理的查讯后该等享有权益的人未能寻获，否则裁判官不得命令作出该等处置。
(4)政府可向根据第(1)款移走的烟草广告或广告构筑物内提及的烟草产品牌子的拥有人或向该等广告或构筑物的拥有人，追讨移走或处置费用。
(由1997年第93号第16条增补)

第371章 第15条第IV部所订罪行
(1)任何人违反第11(1)、12(1)、13、13A或13B条，即属犯罪，一经循简易程序定罪，可处第4级罚款；如属持续的罪行，则在罪行持续期间，每日另加罚款$1500。 (由1992年第9号第13条修订；由1997年第93号第17条修订)
(2)在任何就违反第11(1)条而进行的法律程序中，如被控者证明该等法律程序所针对的广告，是在其本人不知道亦没有理由相信自己当时是正参与印行或刊登该广告的情况下印行或刊登的，即为免责辩护。

第371章 第15A条禁止售卖或给予烟草产品等
第IVA部
禁止售卖或给予烟草产品
(由1997年第93号第18条修订)
(1)任何人不得将任何香烟、香烟烟草、雪茄或烟斗烟草售予18岁以下人士。
(2)任何人不得为推广或宣传的目的而将任何香烟、香烟烟草、雪茄或烟斗烟草给予任何人士。 (由1997年第93号第19条修订)
(3)(a)任何人不得将或要约将烟草产品售卖予其他人或将烟草产品给予任何其他人，以换取凭证；
(b)任何人不得将烟草产品给予任何其他人，以作为在任何活动或比赛中的奖品；
(c)任何人不得为诱使任何个人购买某烟草产品或以其他方式向该人推广该烟草产品而给予该人有值代价；
(d)任何人不得售卖或要约出售包括礼物在内或连同礼物的任何烟草产品，或管有该等烟草产品作售卖用途；
(e)凡任何凭证、印花或彩票可以换取礼物、奖品或任何产品的折扣，则任何人不得售卖或要约出售包括该凭证、印花或彩票在内或连同该凭证、印花或彩票的任何烟草产品，或管有该等烟草产品作售卖用途；
(f)任何人不得售卖或要约出售包括作为礼物的烟草产品在内或连同该烟草产品的任何非烟草产品，或管有该非烟草产品作售卖用途；或
(g)任何人不得将拟向公众展示的载有任何与销售香烟、香烟烟草、雪茄或烟斗烟草有关连的人的姓名、名称或商业名称的物体，给予任何其他人，亦不得将拟向公众展示的载有任何烟草产品的商标或牌子名称或通常与其相联的图样或图样的一部分的物体，给予任何其他人。 (由1997年第93号第19条增补)

第371章 第15B条烟草产品要约出售等时须展示标志
(1)任何人于要约出售或推广销售、购买、吸用或使用香烟、香烟烟草、雪茄或烟斗烟草时，须于其处所或于推广地点的当眼处，设置及维持设置一个中英文标志，表示香烟、香烟烟草、雪茄或烟斗烟草不得售予18岁以下人士或给予任何人士。 (由1997年第93号第20条修订)
(2)第(1)款所规定的标志须具有订明的式样，并须由要约出售或推广销售、购买、吸用或使用香烟、香烟烟草、雪茄或烟斗烟草的人保持在清晰可阅及良好的状况。

第371章 第15C条第IVA部所订罪行
(1)任何人违反第15A或15B条，即属犯罪，一经循简易程序定罪，可处第4级罚款。
(2)对于第15A条所订有关将任何香烟、香烟烟草、雪茄或烟斗烟草售予一名18岁以下人士的控罪，如证明在被指称犯此项罪行时，被控人已查阅一张看来是该名18岁以下人士的身分证或护照的身分证或护照，并基于合理理由相信该人并非18岁以下，即为免责辩护。 (由1997年第93号第21条修订)

第371章 第15D条释义
就本部而言，“推广或宣传”(promotion or advertisement) 指一项旨在诱使购买、吸用或鼓励使用香烟、香烟烟草、雪茄或烟斗烟草的推广或宣传，不论是否有提述某个牌子。
(第IVA部由1994年第91号第15条增补)

第371章 第16条焦油量及尼古丁量的证据
第V部
补充条文
(1)为施行本条例，政府化验师可不时将任何香烟化验，以鉴定其焦油量及尼古丁量，并可将化验结果公布。
(2)在订明的条件或限制的规限下，政府化验师所公布的根据第(1)款所作的鉴定即为被抽取化验的香烟所属牌子的香烟焦油量及尼古丁量的证据，而看来是如此公布的鉴定的任何公布，均须当作为上述的鉴定，除非与直至相反证明成立。
(3)海关人员获《应课税品条例》(第109章)第11(1)(d)条授予抽取该条例适用的任何货品样本的权力，须扩大至包括抽取香烟样本以供政府化验师为施行本条而作化验的权力。
(由1997年第93号第22条修订)

第371章 第16A条附表的修订
生福利及食物局局长可藉宪报刊登的命令修订附表。
(由1992年第9号第14条增补。由1997年第80号第22条修订；由1997年第362号法律公告修订；由2002年第106号法律公告修订)

第371章 第17条(已失效力)
(已失效力)

第371章 第18条规例及命令
(1)行政长官会同行政会议可就以下所有或任何事宜订立规例─ (由2000年第60号第3条修订)
(a)订明任何根据本条例须予或准予订明的事项；
(b)订明鉴定香烟焦油量及尼古丁量的方式； (由1997年第93号第23条代替)
(c)规定必须就任何人所做而与香烟焦油量及尼古丁量可能有关的事发出通知，以及对不遵从此规定的人判处不超过第3级的罚款； (由1992年第9号第15条修订)
(d)绝对地或在符合订明的例外规定下豁免任何烟草广告，使其不受第Ⅳ部条文所规限；及
(e)更有效实施本条例的规定。(2)在不抵触规例的条文下，局长可藉宪报刊登的命令订明─ (由1983年第14号法律公告修订；由1997年第362号法律公告修订；由2002年第106号法律公告修订)
(a)禁止吸烟公告、健康忠告或焦油量及尼古丁量的格式(如该等格式是根据本条例须予或准予订明的)；
(b)上述公告、忠告或焦油量及尼古丁量的展示方式。
(由1997年第93号第23条修订)
第371章 附表1禁止吸烟的公共交通工具
[第2条]
项
交通工具类别
1.
根据《公共巴士服务条例》(第230章)所批授的专营权而经营的公共巴士。
2.
根据《道路交通条例》(第374章)，为提供以下服务而根据客运营业证经营的公共巴士(但根据《道路交通(公共服务车辆)规例》(第374章，附属法例)第38条将其租予任何人时除外)─
(a)旅游服务；
(b)国际客运服务；
(c)酒店服务；
(d)学生服务；
(e)雇员服务；
(f)住客服务；
(g)多种运输服务；或
(h)经运输署署长批准的任何其他服务。
3.
《道路交通条例》(第374章)所指的公共小巴(但根据《道路交通(公共服务车辆)规例》(第374章，附属法例)第38条将其租予任何人时除外)。
4.
《道路交通条例》(第374章)所指的登记的士(但根据《道路交通(公共服务车辆)规例》(第374章，附属法例)第38条将其租予任何人时除外)。
5.
根据《地下铁路条例》(第556章)在地下铁路上运作的列车。 (由2000年第13号第65条修订)
6.
根据《九广铁路公司条例》(第372章)在九广铁路上运作的列车。
7.
根据《九广铁路公司条例》(第372章)在西北铁路上运作的轻便铁路车辆。
8.
根据《电车条例》(第107章)在电车轨道上行驶的电车(但在租用电车服务中者除外)。
9.
根据《山顶缆车条例》(第265章)在缆车轨道上行驶的缆车。
10.
根据《渡轮服务条例》(第104章)所批授的专营权或牌照而经营的渡轮中那些为运载乘客或因与运载乘客有关而开放或设置的部分，或用作运载乘客或用作与运载乘客有关的用途的部分，或乘客可进入或获准进入的部分。
(由1992年第9号第16条增补)
第371章 附表2指定禁止吸烟区
[第3条]
项
区域类别
1.
电影院、剧院或音乐厅内任何为提供座位设备或任何因与提供座位设备有关而开放或设置的区域，或用作提供座位设备或用作与提供座位设备有关的用途的区域。
2.
任何公共升降机。
3.
任何游戏机中心。
4.
(a)超级市场或银行中任何对公众开放的室内地区。
(b)百货公司或购物商场中任何对公众开放的室内地区但百货公司或购物商场中的餐馆则除外。 (由1997年第93号第24条增补)
(由1992年第9号第16条增补)
第371章 附表3
[第2及3条]
项
机构
区域
1.
(由2002年第23号第90条废除)
2.
机场管理局
《机场管理局条例》(第483章)第2条所界定的机场的机场客运大厦 (由1997年第93号第25条增补)
(由1995年第68号第40条增补)
第371章 附表4根据第3(1B)条指明的可指定为禁止吸烟区的处所
[第3条]
项
处所
1.
食肆。
2.
根据《教育条例》(第279章)注册或暂时注册的学校。
3.
专上学院、科技学院或工业学院、工业训练中心或技能训练中心。
4.
大学。
5.
香港演艺学院。
(由1997年第93号第26条增补)

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【英文全文】

Cap371Longtitle

To prohibit smoking in certain areas, to provide for the display of a health warning and other information on tobacco packets and in tobacco advertisements and for matters incidental thereto.
(Amended 91 of 1994 s. 2)
[Part I, Part IV (except sections
11 and 12) and Part V
} 13 August 1982
Section 11
} 15 November 1982
Part II and section 12 (except in
relation to advertisements by
way of neon signs)
} 15 February 1983
Section 12 ( in relation to
advertisements by way of
neon signs)
} 15 May 1983
Part III
} 15 August 1983 L.N. 314 of 1982]
(Originally 58 of 1982)
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Note:
Please see the transitional provision in the Smoking (Public Health) (Amendment) Ordinance 1997 (93 of 1997), which is reproduced as follows-
'27. Transitional
(1) It shall not be an offence under the principal Ordinance, as amended by this Ordinance, to sell, offer for sale or possess for the purposes of sale packets or retail containers of tobacco products which do not comply with the provisions of the principal Ordinance, as amended by this Ordinance, relating to tar and nicotine yields if, but only if, the packets or retail containers comply with the provisions of the principal Ordinance, as in force immediately before the commencement* of this section, relating to tar group designations.
(2) This section shall expire on the 1st anniversary of the commencement* of this section.'.
* Commencement date: 16 July 1999.
Cap 371 s 1 Short title
PART I
PRELIMINARY
This Ordinance may be cited as the Smoking (Public Health) Ordinance.
Cap 371 s 2 Interpretation
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires-
'advertisement' (广告) means any announcement to the public made or to be made in any manner;
'agency' (机构) means any department of the Government, or other organization or body, specified in column 2 of Schedule 3; (Added 68 of 1995 s. 37)
'amusement game centre' (游戏机中心) has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Miscellaneous Licences Ordinance (Cap 114); (Added 9 of 1992 s. 2)
'brand' (牌子), except in section 14(3), includes a brand product, that is to say a variety of a brand marketed as having qualities differing from another variety of that brand;
'cigar' (雪茄) means tobacco rolled up in tobacco, in such form as to be capable of immediate use for smoking; (Added 91 of 1994 s. 3)
'cigarette' (香烟) means tobacco rolled up in paper or in any other material except tobacco, in such form as to be capable of immediate use for smoking;
'cigarette tobacco' (香烟烟草) means tobacco packaged as being suitable for the making by the purchaser of cigarettes for his own use;
'cinema' (电影院), 'theatre' (剧院) and 'concert hall' (音乐厅) mean-
(a) any building or part of a building used primarily as a cinema, theatre or concert hall, as the case may be, whether or not it is being so used at the material time, other than the premises of any club, association or other body in which films are exhibited, or plays or music performed for the benefit primarily of the members thereof and their guests;
(b) any place of public entertainment licensed under the Places of Public Entertainment Ordinance (Cap 172) while open to the public on account of any concert, stage play, stage performance or other musical, dramatic or theatrical entertainment or any cinematograph display; (Added 9 of 1992 s. 2)'manager' (管理人) in relation to-
(a) an amusement game centre, cinema, theatre, concert hall, public transport carrier, restaurant, department store, shopping mall, supermarket or bank, includes an assistant manager, any person holding an appointment analogous to that of manager or assistant manager or any person who is responsible for the management, or is in charge or control of the amusement game centre, cinema, theatre, concert hall, public transport carrier, restaurant, department store, shopping mall, supermarket or bank; (Replaced 9 of 1992 s. 2. Amended 91 of 1994 s. 3; 93 of 1997 s. 2)
(b) a lift, includes the owner, occupier or lessee of the building in which the lift is situated or the person in charge or control of such building or lift;
(c) a no smoking area designated under section 3(1A), means the principal officer who makes such a designation; (Added 68 of 1995 s. 37)'newspaper' (报刊), 'local newspaper' (本地报刊) and 'printed document' (印刷文件) have the same meaning as in the Registration of Local Newspapers Ordinance (Cap 268); (Amended 15 of 1987 s. 19)
'nicotine yield' (尼古丁量) means the nicotine yield per cigarette rounded off to one decimal place and expressed in milligrams; (Added 93 of 1997 s. 2)
'no smoking area' (禁止吸烟区) means an area designated as a no smoking area under section 3(1), (1A) or (1C) or the premises or part thereof designated under section 3(1B); (Replaced 9 of 1992 s. 2. Amended 93 of 1997 s. 2)
'pipe' (烟斗) means a receptacle or other device designed for use for smoking tobacco in a form other than as a cigarette or cigar; (Added 91 of 1994 s. 3)
'pipe tobacco' (烟斗烟草) means tobacco packaged as being suitable for smoking in a pipe; (Added 91 of 1994 s. 3)
'principal officer' (主要高级人员) means-
(a) in relation to a department of the Government, the head of the department;
(b) in relation to an organization or body, the head or other officer who is in charge of the organization or body; (Added 68 of 1995 s. 37)'proof of identity' (身分证明文件) means proof of identity for the purposes of Part IVA of the Immigration Ordinance (Cap 115);
'public lift' (公共升降机) means a lift to which the public have access and includes any lift giving access to separately occupied flats, offices or other units of accommodation and a hotel lift;
'public transport carrier' (公共交通工具) means any public bus, public light bus, taxi, train, light rail vehicle, car, tramcar or ferry vessel mentioned in Schedule 1 while the public bus, public light bus, taxi, train, light rail vehicle, car, tramcar or ferry vessel is, subject to Schedule 1, carrying members of the public; (Added 9 of 1992 s. 2)
'publish' (刊登) in relation to an advertisement means making known an advertisement in any manner;
'regulations' (规例) means regulations under section 18;
'restaurant' (食肆) means a restaurant licensed pursuant to the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance (Cap 132); (Added 93 of 1997 s. 2)
'retail container' (零售盛器) means a container suitable for the retail marketing of cigarette packets, cigar packets or pipe tobacco packets; (Amended 91 of 1994 s. 3)
'sale, sell' (出售、售卖、销售、售) includes the disposal by barter or raffling but excludes the disposal of confiscated cigarettes without health warnings through auctions by the Government; (Added 93 of 1997 s. 2)
'Secretary' (局长) means the Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food; (Replaced L.N. 106 of 2002)
'smoke' (吸烟)、(吸用) means inhaling and expelling the smoke of tobacco or other substance;
'tar yield' (焦油量) means the tar yield per cigarette rounded off to the nearest milligram; (Added 93 of 1997 s. 2)
'tobacco advertisement' (烟草广告) has the meaning assigned to it by section 14. (Added 91 of 1994 s. 3)
'tobacco product' (烟草产品) means any cigarette, cigarette tobacco, cigar or pipe tobacco; (Added 93 of 1997 s. 2)
'trade mark' (商标) has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Trade Marks Ordinance (Cap 559); (Added 93 of 1997 s. 2. Amended 35 of 2000 s. 98)
(Amended 9 of 1992 s. 2; 91 of 1994 s. 3)
Cap 371 s 3 Prohibition on smoking in certain designated areas
(1) The areas described in Schedule 2 are designated as no smoking areas.
(1A) The principal officer of an agency may designate any area specified in column 3 of Schedule 3 in relation to each such agency, or part thereof as a no smoking area. (Added 68 of 1995 s. 38. Amended 93 of 1997 s. 3)
(1B) Subject to subsection (1C), the manager of any premises specified in Schedule 4 may designate any such premises or part thereof as a no smoking area. (Added 93 of 1997 s. 3)
(1C) The manager of a restaurant which provides indoor seating accommodation for more than 200 persons, excluding accommodation being used exclusively for a private event and separated by full height partition, shall designate not less than one-third of the area of such as a no smoking area. (Added 93 of 1997 s. 3)
(2) No person shall smoke or carry a lighted cigarette, cigar or pipe in a no smoking area.
(3) The manager of a no smoking area or any person authorized in that behalf by any such manager may, in respect of any person who appears to be contravening subsection (2)-
(a) after indicating that the person is smoking or carrying a lighted cigarette, cigar or pipe, as the case may be, in a no smoking area in contravention of subsection (2), require the person to extinguish the lighted cigarette, cigar or pipe;
(b) where the person fails to extinguish the lighted cigarette, cigar or pipe, require him-
(i) to give his name and address and to produce proof of identity; and
(ii) to leave the no smoking area;(c) where the person fails, as required under paragraph (b)-
(i) to give his name and address and to produce proof of identity; or
(ii) to leave the no smoking area,
remove him from the no smoking area by the use of reasonable force if necessary and detain him and call for the assistance of a police officer to assist in the enforcement of this section.(4) Where a person is, under subsection (3), required to leave a no smoking area, removed from a no smoking area or detained, he shall not be entitled to a refund of any admission fee or money paid by him for entry into the premises or building in which the no smoking area is situated.
(Replaced 9 of 1992 s. 3)
Cap 371 s 4 Prohibition on smoking in public transport carriers
(1) No person shall smoke or carry a lighted cigarette, cigar or pipe in a public transport carrier.
(2) The driver, conductor, inspector, ticket collector or manager of any public transport carrier or any person authorized in that behalf by any such manager may, in respect of any person who appears to be contravening subsection (1)- (Amended 68 of 1995 s. 39)
(a) after indicating that the person is smoking or carrying a lighted cigarette, cigar or pipe, as the case may be, in a public transport carrier in contravention of subsection (1), require the person to extinguish the lighted cigarette, cigar or pipe;
(b) where the person fails to extinguish the lighted cigarette, cigar or pipe, require him-
(i) to give his name and address and to produce proof of identity; and
(ii) to leave the public transport carrier;(c) where the person fails, as required under paragraph (b)-
(i) to give his name and address and to produce proof of identity; or
(ii) to leave the public transport carrier,
remove him from the public transport carrier by the use of reasonable force if necessary and detain him and call for the assistance of a police officer to assist in the enforcement of this section.(3) Where a person is, under subsection (2), required to leave a public transport carrier, removed from a public transport carrier or detained, he shall not be entitled to a refund of any money paid by him for carriage by the public transport carrier.
(Replaced 9 of 1992 s. 3)
Cap 371 s 5 Display of signs where smoking prohibited
The manager shall place in a prominent position in each no smoking area or public transport carrier, as the case may be, a sufficient number of signs in English and Chinese to indicate that smoking is prohibited in the no smoking area or the public transport carrier and such signs shall be of the prescribed description and shall be maintained by the manager in legible condition and good order.
(Replaced 9 of 1992 s. 3)
Cap 371 s 6 (Repealed)
(Repealed 9 of 1992 s. 4)
Cap 371 s 6A Display of signs outside restaurants
(1) The manager of a restaurant shall place and keep in place in a prominent position in the restaurant and visible from outside the restaurant a sign in English and Chinese indicating whether there is in the restaurant an area of its seating accommodation where smoking is not permitted.
(2) A sign required by subsection (1) shall be of the prescribed description and shall be maintained by the manager in legible condition and good order.
(3) Any manager who fails to place or keep in place a sign in accordance with subsection (1) or to maintain a sign in accordance with subsection (2) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 4.
(4) (Repealed 93 of 1997 s. 4)
(Added 91 of 1994 s. 4)
Cap 371 s 7 Offences under Part II
(1) Any person who contravenes section 3 or 4 commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of $5000.
(2) Any person who fails to give his name and address or to produce proof of identity when required to do so under section 3(3) or 4(2) or who then gives a false or misleading name or address commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 3.
(3) Any manager who fails to place signs in accordance with section 5 or to maintain the signs in the manner required by that section commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 4. (Replaced 9 of 1992 s. 5)
(4) Any manager who contravenes section 3(1C) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 4. (Added 93 of 1997 s. 5)
(Amended 9 of 1992 s. 5; 93 of 1997 s. 5)
Cap 371 s 8 Sales of cigarettes and tobacco products
PART III
SALES OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS
(Amended 91 of 1994 s.5)
(1) No person shall sell, offer for sale or possess for the purposes of sale any cigarettes unless-
(a) they are in a packet of at least 20 sticks; and
(b) the packet thereof and, if the packet is within a retail container, the container also, bear in the prescribed form and manner-
(i) a health warning;
(ii) the tar and nicotine yields. (Replaced 93 of 1997 s. 6)(2) Nothing in this section or in section 8A or 9 shall apply to anything done in relation to cigarettes, cigarette tobacco, cigars or pipe tobacco which are held- (Amended 9 of 1992 s. 6; 91 of 1994 s. 6)
(a) in bond; or
(b) by a manufacturer of tobacco products,for export from Hong Kong.
Cap 371 s 8A Prohibition on sale of cigarette with a tar yield exceeding 17 milligrams
(1) No person shall sell, offer for sale or possess for the purposes of sale any cigarette containing an amount of tar exceeding 17 milligrams.
(2) A certificate purporting to be under the hand of the Government Chemist and stating that a cigarette contains an amount of tar exceeding 17 milligrams shall be evidence of the facts stated in the certificate as at the date of such certificate and shall be received in evidence without further proof.
(Added 9 of 1992 s. 7. Amended 93 of 1997 s. 7)
Cap 371 s 8B Prohibition on sale of tobacco products from a vending machine
No person shall sell or offer for sale any tobacco product from a vending machine.
(Added 93 of 1997 s. 8)
Cap 371 s 9 Health warnings when tobacco products are sold
No person shall sell, offer for sale or possess for the purposes of sale any cigar, pipe tobacco or cigarette tobacco unless the container thereof bears a health warning in the prescribed form and manner.
(Replaced 91 of 1994 s. 7)
Cap 371 s 10 Offences under Part III
(1) Any person who contravenes section 8, 8A, 8B or 9 commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 4. (Amended 93 of 1997 s. 9)
(1A) In any proceedings for a contravention of section 8A it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove that he did not know and had no reason to believe that any cigarette to which the proceedings relate contained an amount of tar exceeding 17 milligrams. (Added 9 of 1992 s. 8)
(2) Any manufacturer of cigarettes or his agent and any wholesale distributor of cigarettes who sells, offers for sale or possesses for the purpose of sale any cigarettes to which section 8 applies which have on their packet or retail container a tar yield or nicotine yield which, having regard to any determination under section 16 and the regulations, is incorrect, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 4.
(3) Any manufacturer of cigarettes or his agent and any wholesale distributor of cigarettes who sells, offers for sale or possesses for the purpose of sale any cigarettes to which section 8 applies which have on their packet or their retail container a brand name which includes the words 'light', 'lights', 'mild', 'milds', 'low tar', '醇', '焦油含量低' or other words which imply or suggest that the cigarettes have a low tar yield unless the cigarettes have been determined under section 16 and the regulations to have a tar yield of 9 milligrams or less, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 4. (Replaced 93 of 1997 of s. 9)
(Amended 9 of 1992 s. 8; 93 of 1997 s. 9)
Cap 371 s 10A Seizure and forfeiture
(1) A person holding an office specified in Schedule 1 to the Customs and Excise Service Ordinance (Cap 342) may without warrant seize, remove and detain for the purpose of proceedings under this Part-
(a) any packet or retail container of cigarettes, cigarette tobacco, cigars or pipe tobacco- (Amended 91 of 1994 s. 8)
(i) which does not bear a health warning or, where required, the tar and nicotine yields, in the form and manner required by section 8 or 9; or
(ii) which that person reasonably suspects may contain any cigarette containing an amount of tar exceeding 17 milligrams; (Replaced 9 of 1992 s. 9. Amended 93 of 1997 s. 10)(aa) any packet of cigarettes which contains less than 20 sticks of cigarettes; (Added 93 of 1997 s. 10)
(b) the contents of such packet or container;
(c) any receptacle in which such packet or container is contained;
(ca) any vending machine or tobacco product in connection with an offence under section 8B; (Added 93 of 1997 s. 10)
(d) anything which appears to that person to be evidence of an offence under this Part.(1A) A person holding an office specified in Schedule 1 to the Customs and Excise Service Ordinance (Cap 342) may without warrant seize, remove and detain for the purpose of proceedings under this Part-
(a) any cigarette not contained in any packet or retail container whether or not referred to in subsection (1)(a) and which that person reasonably suspects may contain an amount of tar exceeding 17 milligrams; (Amended 93 of 1997 s. 10)
(b) any receptacle in which such cigarette is contained;
(c) anything which appears to that person to be evidence of an offence under this Part. (Added 9 of 1992 s. 9)(2) Subject to subsection (4), any article seized under subsection (1) or (1A) may be retained in the custody of the Commissioner of Customs and Excise until either proceedings under this Part are completed or it is decided that no such proceedings shall be brought.
(3) For the purposes of section 16 of the Dutiable Commodities Ordinance (Cap 109) (which relates to obstruction of a member of the Customs and Excise Service) as read with section 46 of that Ordinance, any article seized under subsection (1) or (1A) shall be deemed to have been seized in pursuance of a power conferred by that Ordinance.
(4) A magistrate may, on the application of the Commissioner of Customs and Excise, order the forfeiture of any article mentioned in subsection (1)(a), (aa), (b), (c) or (ca) or (1A)(a) or (b), whether or not any person is convicted of any offence under this Part, on the grounds that an offence under this Part has been committed in relation to such article or that such article may not lawfully be sold or possessed for the purposes of sale in Hong Kong: (Amended 93 of 1997 s. 10)
Provided that the magistrate shall not order such forfeiture unless he is first satisfied that all persons with an interest in such article have, in so far as is reasonably practicable, had the opportunity of making representations thereon to the magistrate or that no such persons can, after reasonable inquiry, be found.
(5) Any article forfeited under subsection (4) shall be destroyed or disposed of in the same manner as any article forfeited under sections 48, 48A and 48C of the Dutiable Commodities Ordinance (Cap 109), and the provisions of sections 49 and 50 of that Ordinance shall apply in relation to articles forfeited under subsection (4) as they do to articles forfeited under sections 48, 48A and 48C of that Ordinance. (Amended 70 of 1993 s. 7)
(Added 52 of 1983 s. 2. Amended 9 of 1992 s. 9)
Cap 371 s 11 Tobacco advertisements in printed publications
PART IV
TOBACCO ADVERTISING
(Amended 91 of 1994 s. 9)
(1) No person shall print, publish or cause to be published a tobacco advertisement in a printed publication to which this section applies. (Replaced 93 of 1997 s. 11)
(2) This section applies to-
(a) any local newspaper;
(b) any printed document published or distributed in Hong Kong. (Replaced 93 of 1997 s. 11)(3) Nothing in this section or section 12 shall apply in relation to a tobacco advertisement in a printed publication- (Amended 91 of 1994 s. 10)
(a) being a local newspaper published-
(i) for the passengers of any airline or shipping company;
(ii) for the tobacco trade or as the 'in house' magazine of any company engaged in that trade; (Replaced 26 of 1984 s. 2)
(iii) for circulation entirely outside Hong Kong; (Added 93 of 1997 s. 11)(aa) (Repealed 93 of 1997 s. 11)
(b) in such circumstances as may be prescribed.
Cap 371 s 12 No display of tobacco advertisement
(1) No person shall-
(a) display or cause to be displayed; or
(b) publish or distribute for the purpose of display or cause to be published or distributed for the purpose of display,any tobacco advertisement in writing or other permanent or semi-permanent form.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to any tobacco advertisement which-
(a) is in or upon any stall or pitch of a hawker who is licensed pursuant to the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance (Cap 132) to hawk commodities, including tobacco products, at that stall or pitch; and
(b) bears a health warning in the prescribed form and manner.(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to any tobacco advertisement which is in or upon any premises of a retail dealer dealing in commodities including tobacco products if-
(a) the number of persons employed by the dealer does not exceed 2; and
(b) the tobacco advertisement bears a health warning in the prescribed form and manner.(4) Subsection (1) does not apply to any tobacco advertisement which-
(a) is in or upon any premises-
(i) of any manufacturer of tobacco products or any wholesale dealer dealing in tobacco products; and
(ii) which are used for the manufacturing of tobacco products or for the purpose of dealing by wholesale in tobacco products; and(b) is not visible from outside the premises.(5) The tobacco advertisement mentioned in subsection (4) is not required to bear a health warning or the tar and nicotine yields.
(Replaced 93 of 1997 s. 12)
Cap 371 s 13 Prohibition on broadcast of tobacco advertisement by radio or visual images
No person shall broadcast a tobacco advertisement- (Amended 91 of 1994 s. 12)
(a) by the transmission of sound by means of radio waves; or
(b) by the transmission of visual images or sound by wireless or otherwise than by wireless,intended for general reception by members of the public. (Amended 93 of 1997 s. 13)
(Replaced 9 of 1992 s. 11)
Cap 371 s 13A Prohibition on exhibition of tobacco advertisement by film
(1) No person shall exhibit a tobacco advertisement by film. (Amended 91 of 1994 s. 13)
(2) In this section 'exhibit' (上映) and 'film' (电影) mean, respectively, exhibit and film within the meaning of section 2 of the Film Censorship Ordinance (Cap 392).
(Added 9 of 1992 s. 11)
Cap 371 s 13B Prohibition on placing of tobacco advertisement on the Internet
(1) No person shall place or cause to be placed a tobacco advertisement on the Internet.
(2) For the avoidance of doubt, a holder of a Public Non-Exclusive Telecommunications Service Licence granted under the Telecommunications Ordinance (Cap 106) shall not be responsible for- (Amended 36 of 2000 s. 28)
(a) any content placed on the Internet by a user and made available for the use of another user unless the holder has knowledge of such content and can reasonably be expected to block the use of such content or require amendment of such content; or
(b) any such content to which the holder only provides access, including the automatic and temporary storage of such content by the holder due to the request of a user.(3) Subsection (1) shall not apply to any tobacco advertisement which is contained in any private correspondence on the Internet and is not for commercial purposes.
(Added 93 of 1997 s. 14)
Cap 371 s 14 Meaning of tobacco advertisement
(1) For the purposes of this Part an advertisement is a tobacco advertisement if it-
(a) contains any express or implied inducement, suggestion or request to purchase or smoke cigarettes, cigarette tobacco, cigars or pipe tobacco; (Amended 93 of 1997 s. 15)
(b) relates to smoking in terms which are calculated, expressly or impliedly, to promote or encourage the use of cigarettes, cigarette tobacco, cigars or pipe tobacco; or (Amended 93 of 1997 s. 15)
(c) illustrates or mentions smoking or cigarettes, cigarette tobacco, cigars or pipe tobacco or their packages or qualities. (Added 93 of 1997 s. 15)(1A) Notwithstanding subsection (1)(c), an advertisement is not regarded as a tobacco advertisement if its purpose is to discourage smoking. (Added 93 of 1997 s. 15)
(2) Subject to subsections (3) to (5), where-
(a) an advertisement; or
(b) any object, other than a tobacco product, which is displayed to the public, whether for sale or otherwise, in the course of conducting any business or providing any service,includes the name or trade name of any person associated with the marketing of any tobacco product, or any trade mark or brand name of a tobacco product, or any pictorial device or part thereof commonly associated therewith, then the advertisement or object shall be deemed to be a tobacco advertisement. (Replaced 93 of 1997 s. 15)
(3) Subsection (2) shall not apply to any advertisement or object if the inclusion of such name, trade name, trade mark, brand name or pictorial device or part thereof mentioned in subsection (2) is exclusively for-
(a) a non-tobacco product or service; or
(b) job recruitment purposes. (Replaced 93 of 1997 s. 15)(4) Subsection (2) shall not apply to any advertisement or object which includes-
(a) the name of any company or body corporate associated with the manufacture or marketing of any tobacco product; or
(b) any name identified with the trade name or brand name of any tobacco product, in association with any product not being tobacco,as the sponsor of an event or as congratulating another person or thing on an achievement of, or event relating to, such person or thing and which does not mention the words 'cigarette', 'cigarettes', 'smoking', 'tobacco', 'cigar', 'cigars', 'pipe' or 'pipes' or '香烟', '吸烟', '烟草', '雪茄' or '烟斗'. (Added 93 of 1997 s. 15)
(5) Notwithstanding subsection (2), any accidental or incidental appearance of any tobacco product or the trade mark, trade name, brand name or logo of any tobacco product where no valuable consideration has been or is intended to be given for such appearance is not a tobacco advertisement. (Added 93 of 1997 s. 15)
(6) The display of the following at any premises where tobacco products are sold is not a tobacco advertisement-
(a) one price marker for each tobacco product-
(i) containing only the name and price of the tobacco product; and
(ii) of a size not greater than the size of the price marker of any of the non-tobacco products sold in the premises; or(b) one price board not exceeding 2000 square centimetres listing only the names and prices of the tobacco products for sale. (Added 93 of 1997 s. 15)
(Amended 91 of 1994 s. 14)
Cap 371 s 14A Removal and disposal of tobacco advertisement
(1) Any public officer authorized in writing by the Secretary may, without payment for it, remove or cause to be removed any tobacco advertisement or advertising structure in respect of which he reasonably suspects that an offence under this Ordinance has been or is being committed.
(2) A magistrate may, on an application of the Secretary or any public officer authorized in writing by the Secretary, order the disposal of any tobacco advertisement or advertising structure removed under subsection (1), whether or not any person is convicted of any offence under this Ordinance, on the grounds that an offence under this Ordinance has been or is being committed in relation to such advertisement or structure.
(3) The magistrate shall not order such disposal unless he is first satisfied that all persons with an interest in such advertisement or structure have, in so far as is reasonably practicable, had the opportunity of making representations thereon to the magistrate or that no such persons can, after reasonable inquiry, be found.
(4) The Government may recover the costs of the removal or disposal from the proprietor of the brand of tobacco product which is mentioned in the tobacco advertisement or advertising structure removed under subsection (1) or from the owner of such advertisement or structure.
(Added 93 of 1997 s. 16)
Cap 371 s 15 Offences under Part IV
(1) Any person who contravenes section 11(1), 12(1), 13, 13A or 13B commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 4 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further penalty of $1500 for each day during which the offence continues. (Amended 9 of 1992 s. 13; 93 of 1997 s. 17)
(2) In any proceedings for a contravention of section 11(1) it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove that the advertisement to which the proceedings relate was printed or published in such circumstances that he did not know and had no reason to believe he was taking part in the printing or publication thereof.
Cap 371 s 15A Prohibition on selling or giving of tobacco products, etc.
PART IVA
PROHIBITION ON SELLING OR GIVING OF
TOBACCO PRODUCTS
(Amended 93 of 1997 s. 18)
(1) No person shall sell any cigarette, cigarette tobacco, cigar or pipe tobacco to any person under the age of 18 years.
(2) No person shall, for the purposes of promotion or advertisement, give any cigarette, cigarette tobacco, cigar or pipe tobacco to any person. (Amended 93 of 1997 s. 19)
(3) No person shall-
(a) sell, offer for sale or give a tobacco product to any person in exchange for a token;
(b) give to any person a tobacco product as a prize in any event or competition;
(c) give valuable consideration to any individual in order to induce him to buy a particular tobacco product or otherwise to promote to him that tobacco product;
(d) sell, offer for sale or possess for the purposes of sale a tobacco product which includes or is accompanied by a gift;
(e) sell, offer for sale or possess for the purposes of sale a tobacco product which includes or is accompanied by a token, stamp or raffle ticket, which may be exchanged for a gift, prize or discount on any product;
(f) sell, offer for sale or possess for the purposes of sale a non-tobacco product which includes or is accompanied by a tobacco product as a gift; or
(g) give to any person any object which contains the name or trade name of any person associated with the marketing of cigarettes, cigarette tobacco, cigars or pipe tobacco or contains any trade mark or brand name of a tobacco product or any pictorial device or part thereof commonly associated therewith, and which is intended to be shown in public. (Added 93 of 1997 s. 19)
(Added 91 of 1994 s. 15)
Cap 371 s 15B Display of sign when offering tobacco products for sale, etc.
(1) Any person offering for sale, or promoting the sale, purchase, smoking or use of, cigarettes, cigarette tobacco, cigars or pipe tobacco shall place and keep in place in a prominent position at his premises or at the place of promotion a sign in English and Chinese to indicate that no cigarette, cigarette tobacco, cigar or pipe tobacco may be sold to any person under the age of 18 years or given to any person. (Amended 93 of 1997 s. 20)
(2) A sign required by subsection (1) shall be of the prescribed description and shall be maintained in legible condition and good order by the person offering for sale, or promoting the sale, purchase, smoking or use of, cigarettes, cigarette tobacco, cigars or pipe tobacco.
(Added 91 of 1994 s. 15)
Cap 371 s 15C Offences under Part IVA
(1) Any person who contravenes section 15A or 15B commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 4.
(2) It shall be a defence to a charge under section 15A of selling any cigarette, cigarette tobacco, cigar or pipe tobacco to a person under the age of 18 years to prove that at the time the offence is alleged to have been committed, the person charged inspected an identity card or passport purporting to be the identity card or passport of the person under the age of 18 years and believed on reasonable grounds that such person was not under the age of 18 years. (Amended 93 of 1997 s. 21)
(Added 91 of 1994 s. 15)
Cap 371 s 15D Interpretation
For the purposes of this Part 'promotion or advertisement' (推广或宣传) means a promotion or advertisement intended as an inducement to purchase, smoke or encourage the use of cigarettes, cigarette tobacco, cigars or pipe tobacco, whether or not with reference to a particular brand.
(Added 91 of 1994 s. 15)
Cap 371 s 16 Evidence of tar and nicotine yields
PART V
SUPPLEMENTARY
(1) The Government Chemist may from time to time analyse any cigarette for the purpose of determining its tar and nicotine yields for the purposes of this Ordinance and may publish the result of any such analysis.
(2) The determination of the Government Chemist under subsection (1) as published by him shall be evidence of the tar and nicotine yields of the brand of cigarettes from which the cigarette analysed was taken subject to such conditions or limitations as may be prescribed; and any publication purporting to be a determination so published shall be deemed to be such a determination unless and until the contrary is proved.
(3) The power of a member of the Customs and Excise Service to take samples of any goods to which the Dutiable Commodities Ordinance (Cap 109) applies conferred by section 11(1)(d) of that Ordinance shall extend to the taking of samples of cigarettes for analysis by the Government Chemist for the purposes of this section.
(Amended 93 of 1997 s. 22)
Cap 371 s 16A Amendment of Schedules
The Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food may by order published in the Gazette amend the Schedules.
(Added 9 of 1992 s. 14. Amended 80 of 1997 s. 22; L.N. 106 of 2002)
Cap 371 s 17 (Had its effect)
(Had its effect)
Cap 371 s 18 Regulations and Orders
Remarks:
Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 60 of 2000 s. 3
(1) The Chief Executive in Council may make regulations for all or any of the following matters- (Amended 60 of 2000 s. 3)
(a) prescribing anything required or permitted to be prescribed under this Ordinance;
(b) prescribing the manner in which the tar and nicotine yields of a cigarette are to be determined; (Replaced 93 of 1997 s. 23)
(c) requiring notification of anything done by any person which may be relevant to the tar and nicotine yields of cigarettes and imposing penalties not exceeding a fine at level 3 for a failure to comply with such requirement; (Amended 9 of 1992 s. 15)
(d) excepting any tobacco advertisement from the provisions of Part IV either absolutely or subject to such exceptions as may be prescribed; and
(e) for the better carrying into effect of this Ordinance.(2) Subject to the regulations, the Secretary may by order in the Gazette prescribe- (Amended L.N. 14 of 1983)
(a) the form of any notice that smoking is prohibited, any health warning or any tar and nicotine yields where the form is required or permitted to be prescribed under this Ordinance;
(b) the manner in which any such notice, warning or yields is to be displayed.
(Amended 93 of 1997 s. 23)
Cap 371 Sched 1 PUBLIC TRANSPORT CARRIERS WHERE SMOKING IS PROHIBITED
[section 2]
Item
Type of carrier
1.
A public bus operated under a franchise granted under the Public Bus Services Ordinance (Cap 230).
2.
A public bus operated under a passenger service licence for the purposes of-
(a) a tour service;
(b) an international passenger service;
(c) a hotel service;
(d) a student service;
(e) an employees' service;
(f) a residents' service;
(g) a multiple transport service; or
(h) any other service approved by the Commissioner for Transport,
under the Road Traffic Ordinance (Cap 374) other than when hired to any person under regulation 38 of the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations (Cap 374 sub. leg.).
3.
A public light bus within the meaning of the Road Traffic Ordinance (Cap 374) other than when hired to any person under regulation 38 of the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations (Cap 374 sub. leg.).
4.
A registered taxi within the meaning of the Road Traffic Ordinance (Cap 374) other than when hired to any person under regulation 38 of the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations (Cap 374 sub. leg.).
5.
A train operated on the Mass Transit Railway under the Mass Transit Railway Ordinance (Cap 556). (Amended 13 of 2000 s. 65)
6.
A train operated on the Kowloon-Canton Railway under the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation Ordinance (Cap 372).
7.
A light rail vehicle operated on the North-west Railway under the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation Ordinance (Cap 372).
8.
A car used upon the tramway under the Tramway Ordinance (Cap 107) other than on a hire tramway service.
9.
A tramcar used upon the tramway under the Peak Tramway Ordinance (Cap 265).
10.
Those parts of a ferry vessel operated under a franchise or a licence granted under the Ferry Services Ordinance (Cap 104) opened, kept or used for or in connection with the carriage of passengers or to which the passengers have or are permitted to have access.
(Added 9 of 1992 s. 16)
Cap 371 Sched 2 DESIGNATED NO SMOKING AREAS
[section 3]
Item
Type of area
1.
Any area opened, kept or used for, or in connection with, the purpose of providing seating accommodation in a cinema, theatre or concert hall.
2.
Any public lift.
3.
Any amusement game centre.
4.
(a) Any indoor area open to the public in a supermarket or bank.
(b) Any indoor area open to the public in department stores or shopping malls, except the restaurant within a department store or a shopping mall. (Added 93 of 1997 s. 24)
(Added 9 of 1992 s. 16)
Cap 371 Sched 3
[sections 2 & 3]
Item
Agency
Area
1.
(Repealed 23 of 2002 s. 90)
2.
Airport Authority
Passenger terminal complex of the Airport as defined in section 2 of the Airport Authority Ordinance (Cap 483) (Added 93 of 1997 s. 25)
(Added 68 of 1995 s. 40)
Cap 371 Sched 4 PREMISES SPECIFIED UNDER SECTION 3(1B) THAT MAY BE DESIGNATED AS NO SMOKING AREAS
[section 3]
Item
Premises
1.
Restaurants.
2.
Schools registered or provisionally registered under the Education Ordinance (Cap 279).
3.
Post secondary colleges, technical colleges or technical institutes, industrial training centres or skills centres.
4.
Universities.
5.
The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.
(Added 93 of 1997 s. 26)