Cap. 456A 《消費品安全規例》Consumer Goods Safety Regulation

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版本日期: 2020-07-09

Consumer Goods Safety Regulation

(Cap. 456, section 30(1)(a))

(Enacting provision omitted—E.R. 4 of 2020)

[1 April 1998] L.N. 182 of 1998

(Format changes—E.R. 4 of 2020)

1. (Omitted as spent—E.R. 4 of 2020)

2. Bilingual warning or caution for consumer goods

(1)

Where consumer goods or their packages are marked with, or where any labels affixed to or any documents enclosed in their packages contain, any warning or caution with respect to their safe keeping, use, consumption or disposal, such warning or caution shall be in both the English and the Chinese languages.

(2)

A warning or caution referred to in subsection (1) shall be legible and shall be placed in a conspicuous position on—

(a)

the consumer goods;

(b)

any package of the consumer goods;

(c)

a label securely affixed to the package; or

(d)

a document enclosed in the package,

as the case may require.

(3)

A person who supplies consumer goods which do not comply with subsection (1) or (2) commits an offence and shall be liable—

(a)

on first conviction, to a fine at level 6 and to imprisonment for 1 year; and

(b)

on subsequent conviction, to a fine of $500,000 and to imprisonment for 2 years.