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Under the "Fixed Penalty (Smoking Offences) Ordinance", anyone who smokes or carries a lighted cigarette, cigar or pipe in statutory no smoking areas or on public transport carriers, will be issued with a $1,500 fixed penalty notice by enforcement officers.
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The fixed penalty system comes into operation on 1 September 2009.
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Any person who has been given with the fixed penalty demand notice is required to settle the payment within 21 days or else will face a heavier penalty.
Note : The payment instructions are stated on the overleaf of fixed penalty notice. For details, please refer to the website of The Treasury (http://www.try.gov.hk/internet/ehcoll_payment.html). If the payment is made by post, please ensure sufficient mailing time and postage to make delivery in order. Underpaid mail will be rejected.
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Apart from the Tobacco Control Inspectors and the Police, specified officers of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department and the Housing Department are also empowered to issue fixed penalty notice in public venues under their management.
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For the whole enactment of the "Fixed Penalty (Smoking Offences) Ordinance", please visit:
Gazette Published on 06/02/2008 No. 06 Vol. 12 Legal Supplement 3
Fixed Penalty (Smoking Offences) Ordinance (Cap. 600)
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For details of "Fixed Penalty (Smoking Offences) Regulation", please visit:
Gazette Published on 24/04/2009 No. 17 Vol. 13 Legal Supplement 2 Issue No. 66
Fixed Penalty (Smoking Offences) Regulation (Cap. 600A)
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For details of "Fixed Penalty (Smoking Offences) (Specification of Authorities and Public Officers) Notice", please visit:
Gazette Published on 24/04/2009 No. 17 Vol. 13 Legal Supplement 2 Issue No. 67
Fixed Penalty (Smoking Offences) (Specification of Authorities and Public Officers) Notice (Cap. 600B)