Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance
Part II
2-4
Section 8
Cap. 383
commission of the crime and not contrary to the provisions
of this Bill of Rights and to the Convention on the Prevention
and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. This penalty can
only be carried out pursuant to a final judgment rendered by a
competent court.
(3) When deprivation of life constitutes the crime of genocide,
nothing in this article shall authorize the derogation in any
way from any obligation assumed under the provisions of the
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime
of Genocide.
(4) Anyone sentenced to death shall have the right to seek
pardon or commutation of the sentence. Amnesty, pardon or
commutation of the sentence of death may be granted in all
cases.
(5) Sentence of death shall not be imposed for crimes committed
by persons below 18 years of age and shall not be carried out
on pregnant women.
(6) Nothing in this article shall be invoked to delay or to prevent
the abolition of capital punishment in Hong Kong.
[cf. ICCPR Art. 6]
Article 3
No torture or inhuman treatment and no experimentation
without consent
No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or
degrading treatment or punishment. In particular, no one shall
be subjected without his free consent to medical or scientific
experimentation.
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Last updated date
15.2.2017