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Appendix 14 PROSECUTIONS IN RELATION TO OFFENCES IN COUNTRYSIDE 2015-16 |
Cap. |
Sect. |
Reg. |
Nature of Offence |
No. of concluded |
Total Fines*** |
96A |
2 |
|
Possessing protected plant without lawful excuse |
2 |
$2,400 |
96 |
16(1)(a) |
|
Illegal use of fire in countryside |
2 |
$2,800 |
96 |
21(a) |
|
Cuts grass, removes turf or earth, rakes pine needles |
1 |
$5,000 |
96 |
21(b) |
|
Plucking plant without lawful excuse |
0 |
$0 |
96 |
21(d) |
|
Illegal felling of trees in countryside |
9 |
$25,300 |
170 |
4 |
|
Hunt or willfully disturb any protected wild animal without permit |
1 |
$2,500 |
170 |
5 |
|
Take, remove, injure, destroy or willfully disturb a nest or egg of any protected wild animal without special permit |
0 |
$0 |
170 |
7(2) |
|
Possessing hunting appliance without special permit |
1 |
$15,000 |
170 |
8(1)(a) |
|
Have in his possession or under his control any lived protected wild animal taken in Hong Kong without special permit |
1 |
$30,000 |
170 |
8(1)(b) |
|
Have in his possession or under his control any dead protected wild animal or part of a protected wild animal killed or taken in Hong Kong without special permit |
1 |
$8,000 |
170 |
13(1)(a) |
|
Enter into or be within any area specified in Schedule 6 of Cap. 170 during the period specified in respect thereof in that Schedule |
21 |
$6,000 |
170 |
17C(3) |
|
Feeding wild animal without special permit |
66 |
$47,400 |
208 |
26 |
4(1) |
Possessing/driving of vehicle/bicycle in country park without permit |
518 |
$184,800 |
208 |
26 |
6 |
Possessing arms in country park without permit |
0 |
$0 |
208 |
26 |
7(1)(b) |
Carrying or possessing fire-balloon in country park |
2 |
$900 |
208 |
26 |
7(1)(c) |
Illegal lighting or using of fire in country park |
7 |
$5,500 |
208 |
26 |
8(1)(a) |
Illegal cutting of plants in country park |
12 |
$10,600 |
208 |
26 |
8(1)(b) |
Illegal digging of soil in country park |
3 |
$1,300 |
208 |
26 |
9(1)(b) |
Selling / exposing for sale / letting on hire commodity / article within a country park without permit |
0 |
$0 |
208 |
26 |
10(1)(a) |
Displaying sign, notice, poster, banner or advertisement in country park without permission |
0 |
$0 |
208 |
26 |
10(1)(b) |
Constructing or erecting building, hut or shelter or excavating cave in country park without permission |
0 |
$0 |
208 |
26 |
10(1)(c) |
Constructing or excavating grave in country park without permission |
2 |
$2,500 |
208 |
26 |
11(2)(b) |
Operating power driven model in country park without permission |
5 |
$2,200 |
208 |
26 |
11(3)(b) |
Camping outside designated camp sites |
40 |
$11,200 |
208 |
26 |
12(1)(c) |
Littering |
96(iii) |
$162,000 |
208 |
26 |
12(1)(e) |
Spitting |
0(iv) |
$0 |
Total: |
|
|
|
790 |
525,400 |
(i) |
Number of Fixed Penalty Notices issued (littering offence under regulation 12(1)(c) of Cap 208A) = 105 |
(ii) |
Number of Fixed Penalty Notices issued (spitting offence under regulation 12(1)(e) of Cap 208A) = 0 |
(iii) |
Number of Fixed Penalty Notices processed (littering offence under regulation 12(1)(c) of Cap 208A) = 96 |
(iv) |
Number of Fixed Penalty Notices processed (spitting offence under regulation 12(1)(e) of Cap 208A) = 0 |
* |
"No. of Persons involved" denotes persons prosecuted or given a fixed penalty notice in the year. |
** |
"No. of concluded prosecution cases" may include fixed penalty notices processed and cases carried forward from previous year(s) and does not include prosecution cases that still being processed at the end of the year. |
*** |
"Total Fines" are fines of concluded prosecution cases and fixed penalty notices processed. |