什麼是遊蕩罪? What is it in English?

Contents of Section



圖片參考：http://www.legislation.gov.hk/icons/collapse.gif




Chapter:
200
Title:
CRIMES ORDINANCE
Gazette Number:


Section:
160
Heading:
Loitering
Version Date:
30/06/1997
PART XIII

MISCELLANEOUS OFFENCES
(1) A person who loiters in a public place or in the common parts of any building with intent to commit an arrestable offence commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $10000 and to imprisonment for 6 months. (Replaced 74 of 1992 s. 3)
(2) Any person who loiters in a public place or in the common parts of any building and in any way wilfully obstructs any person using that place or the common parts of that building, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for 6 months.
(3) If any person loiters in a public place or in the common parts of any building and his presence there, either alone or with others, causes any person reasonably to be concerned for his safety or well-being, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for 2 years.
(4) In this section "common parts" (公用部分), in relation to a building, means-


(a) any entrance hall, lobby, passageway, corridor, staircase, landing, rooftop, lift or escalator;
(b) any cellar, toilet, water closet, wash house, bath-house or kitchen which is in common use by the occupiers of the building;
(c) any compound, garage, carpark, car port or lane.
(Added 37 of 1979 s. 2)

遊蕩的定義，是指並無明確目的的行為。刑事罪行條例 (crimes ordinance) (香港法例第200章)第160條有關遊蕩罪(loitering) 的法例指出，任何人在公眾地方或建築物的共用部分遊蕩，不論單獨或結伴在該處出現，而導致他人合理地擔心本身的安全或利益，即屬犯罪，一經定罪，可處監禁2年。所謂共用部分，包括：入口大堂、門廊、通路、走廊，甚至升降機或自動梯等。