Import and Export Ordinance

(1)
A person specified in subsection (1A) in relation to a vessel, aircraft or
                vehicle shall, on any occasion that the vessel, aircraft or vehicle is entering or
                leaving Hong
Kong—
(Amended
36 of 1983 s. 3
;
24 of 2002 s. 2
)
(a)
furnish any member of the Customs and Excise Service of or above the rank
                    of Inspector a manifest in respect of the cargo being imported or exported in or
                    on the vessel, aircraft or vehicle if he is requested to do so by any such
                    member of the Customs and Excise Service; and
(Amended
46 of 1977 s. 17
;
36 of 1983 s. 3
;
62 of 1993 s. 6
)
(b)
allow any member of the Customs and Excise Service to board the vessel,
                    aircraft or vehicle, inspect the cargo and search the vessel for
                    contraband.
(1A)
The following persons are specified for the purposes of subsection (1
)—
(a)
in the case of a vessel, the master or agent of the vessel;
(b)
in the case of an aircraft, the commander or the owner of the aircraft;
(c)
in the case of a vehicle other than a train, the person in charge of the vehicle;
(d)
in the case of a train, the handling agent in Hong Kong for the cargo
                    carried by the train.
(Added
24 of 2002 s. 2
)
(1B)
For the purpose of any requirement under subsection
(1
)(
a)
to furnish a member of the Customs and Excise Service with a manifest, the manifest
may—
(a)
be given to the member of the Customs and Excise Service in paper form;
(b)
be given or sent to the member of the Customs and Excise Service in the form of an electronic record, but only if the manner and format in which the information is given or sent comply with any requirements specified under
section 11(2)
of the Electronic Transactions Ordinance (
Cap. 553
) in relation to this Ordinance; or
(c)
be sent to the member of the Customs and Excise Service using
                    the
                    specified system.
(Added
24 of 2002 s. 2
. Amended
30 of 2025 s. 15
)
(1C)
In this section,
manifest
(
艙單
) means a record prepared as a manifest
                and containing such of the particulars prescribed under
section 17
as the
                member of the Customs and Excise Service considers sufficient for his
                    purposes.
(Added
24 of 2002 s. 2
)
(2)
Any person who contravenes subsection
(1
)(
a)
or (b) shall be guilty
                of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine
                at
                level 1 and to imprisonment for 1 month.
(Amended
E.R. 2 of 2021
)