The Crimes Ordinance (Cap.

200), last amended in 1972, is a law of Hong Kong relating to certain consolidated penal enactments.

Like Macau, penal and criminal law in Hong Kong is different from what is applied in China.

The ordinance consolidated the original Crimes Ordinance of 1971 with several others ordinances: The current provisions of the ordinance includes: Penal/criminal codes from other parts of China: Penal/criminal codes from similar Common law jurisdictions: