Cap 461 s 6 Extended jurisdiction in relation to certain conspiracies, attempts and incitements (CRIMINAL JURISDICTION ORDINANCE)

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Chapter:	461	Title:	CRIMINAL JURISDICTION ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:
Section:	6	Heading:	Extended jurisdiction in relation to certain conspiracies, attempts and incitements	Version Date:	30/06/1997

(1) Subject to section 7(1), a person may be guilty of conspiracy to commit any Group A offence, or of conspiracy to defraud, if-

(a) a party to the agreement constituting the conspiracy, or a party's agent, did anything in Hong Kong in relation to the agreement before its formation; or

(b) a party to it became a party in Hong Kong (by joining it either in person or through an agent); or

and the conspiracy would be triable in Hong Kong but for the offence or fraud which the parties to it had in view not being intended to take place in Hong Kong.
(2) Subject to section 7(2), a person may be guilty of attempting to commit or incitement to commit a Group A offence if-

(a) the attempt is made or the incitement takes place in Hong Kong; and

(b) the attempt or the incitement would be triable in Hong Kong but for what the person charged had in view not being an offence triable in Hong Kong.

(Enacted 1994)