“die” includes any plate, type, tool, chop or implement and also any part of any die, plate, type, tool, chop or implement, and any stamp or impression thereof or any part of such stamp or impression;
Section history
Section 31A — “Die” and “instrument”
As in force on 1 October 2017.
Timeline 3 versions
- 1 February 2008 Act 51 of 2007
- 1 October 2017 You are here
- 31 December 2021 Revised edition
- 17 August 2026 Latest
For the purposes of Chapters XII and XVIII —
“instrument” includes any document whether of a formal or an informal nature, any postage stamp or revenue stamp, any seal or die, and any disc, card, tape, microchip, sound-track or other device on or in which information is recorded or stored by mechanical, electronic, optical or other means.
[HK Crimes Ordinance 1971, s. 68]