Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance

In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise
requires—
antiquity
(
古物
)
means—
(a)
a relic; and
(b)
a place, building, site or structure erected, formed or built by human
                    agency before the year 1800 and the ruins or remains of any such place,
                    building, site or structure, whether or not the same has been modified, added to
                    or restored after the year 1799;
Authority
(
主管當局
) means the Secretary for
                Development;
(Replaced
38 of 1982 s. 2
. Amended
L.N.
                    67 of 1985
;
L.N. 242 of 1989
;
L.N. 372 of 1996
;
L.N.
                    362 of 1997
;
L.N. 192 of 1998
;
L.N. 206 of 1998
;
L.N.
                    130 of 2007
)
Board
(
委員會
) means the Antiquities Advisory Board
            established by
section 17
;
designated
                    person
(
指定人士
)
means—
(a)
the officer in charge of a police station;
(b)
a police officer of or above the rank of inspector; and
(c)
any person specified by the Authority by notice in the Gazette;
discovery
(
發現
) means the finding in Hong
Kong—
(a)
in, on or under land or sea;
(b)
in or on anything growing on land; or
(c)
attached to or within the fabric or foundations of a structure in, on or
                    under land or sea,
of an antiquity or supposed antiquity the presence of which was previously
                unknown to the owner of such land or structure;
Government land
(
政府土地
) means land other than private land;
(Amended
29 of 1998 s. 105
)
Land
                Registry
(
土地註冊處
) means the Land Registry established under
            the Land Registration Ordinance (
Cap. 128
);
(Amended
8 of 1993 s. 2
;
20 of 2002 s. 5
)
licence
(
牌照
) means a licence granted under
section
                13
;
metal
                detector
(
金屬探測器
) means any device designed or adapted for
            detecting or locating any metal or mineral in the ground;
(Added
38 of 1982 s. 2
)
monument
(
古蹟
) means a place, building, site or structure
            which is declared to be a monument, historical building or archaeological or
            palaeontological site or structure under
section 3
;
(Replaced
38 of 1982 s. 2
)
movable
                object
(
可移動物體
) means an object which does not form part
            of land;
owner
(
擁有人
), in relation to land, means a person
            entitled to possession of the land under a Government lease or agreement for lease, or
            other form of valid title from the Government;
(Amended
29 of 1998 s. 105
)
permit
(
許可證
) means a permit granted under
section
                6
;
private
                    land
(
私人土地
)
means—
(a)
land held under lease, agreement for lease, tenancy agreement, licence,
                    permit, deed or memorandum of appropriation, or other valid title from the
                    Government; and
(Amended
29 of 1998 s. 105
)
(b)
land occupied by the Hong Kong Garrison, or for other purposes of the
                    Central People’s Government, under lease, licence, permit, deed or memorandum of
                    appropriation, requisition or other permanent or temporary title;
(Amended
2 of 2012 s. 3
)
proposed
                monument
(
暫定古蹟
) means a place, building, site or structure
            which is declared to be a proposed monument, proposed historical building, or proposed
            archaeological or palaeontological site or structure under
section 2A
;
(Added
38 of 1982 s. 2
)
relic
(
古代遺物
)
means—
(a)
a movable object made, shaped, painted, carved, inscribed or otherwise
                    created, manufactured, produced or modified by human agency before the year
                    1800, whether or not it has been modified, added to or restored after the year
                    1799; and
(b)
fossil remains or impressions;
supposed
                antiquity
(
假定古物
) means an object or site which may
            reasonably be supposed to be or to contain an antiquity.
(Amended
E.R. 6 of 2019
)