Legal and Administrative Actions

The laws which the Department is responsible for implementation, including the Import and Export Ordinance (Cap. 60), Reserved Commodities Ordinance (Cap. 296), Ozone Layer Protection Ordinance (Cap. 403) and their subsidiary regulations, provide for regulation and control of import of articles into Hong Kong and export of articles from Hong Kong.  Any person breaching the aforementioned Ordinances and/or their subsidiary regulations commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine and/or imprisonment.  The Department may also take administrative actions against violators.  Click here for details.

For enquiries on other prohibited items, please contact the relevant departments.