醫院滋事講粗口可被檢控

I read this news from web today (醫院滋事講粗口可被檢控(明報)http://hk.news.yahoo.com/070325/12/24c3c.html) and it sounds interesting. Not sure if in other ordinances there're similar provisions. The relevant laws are as follows:

Hospital Authority Bylaws (CAP 113A)
Prohibition of certain acts

Bylaw: 7

(1) No person shall, in a hospital-

(a) have in his possession or under his custody or control any animal, bird or fish;
(b) smoke or make use of a naked light, other than in any part of a hospital where it is indicated by notice that smoking or the use of a naked light is permitted;
(c) use any language likely to cause offence or annoyance to any person;
(d) behave in an indecent or disorderly manner;
(e) make or cause to be made any noise which is a source of annoyance to the patients in a hospital;
(f) take any photograph or film or video picture whereby the likeness of a patient in the hospital is thereby depicted without the consent of such patient; or (L.N. 436 of 1991)
(g) take any photograph or film or video picture whereby any ward in a hospital is thereby depicted without the consent of a member of the staff whose consent shall not be withheld unless annoyance or disturbance to a patient, or prejudice to medical treatment of a patient, is thereby caused or likely to be caused. (L.N. 436 of 1991)

(2) No person shall, unless authorized by the Authority to do so-

(a) handle, disturb or otherwise interfere with any equipment in a hospital;
(b) bring or cause to be brought into a hospital (other than upon a road) any vehicle or other form of conveyance; or
(c) use in a hospital, any radio apparatus, record player, tape, records, disc, musical instrument or other apparatus which emits sound audible to other persons.

(3) Any person who causes or suffers or permits any person to cause equipment in a hospital to be a nuisance or damaging or dangerous to health by wilfully destroying or damaging or otherwise interfering with, or by improperly using such equipment or equipment connected therewith, shall be guilty of an offence.

And the penalty is:


Offences and Penalties

Bylaw: 10


Any person who-

(a) contravenes bylaw 4, 7(1)(a), 7(1)(c), 7(1)(d), 7(1)(e), 7(1)(g) or 7(2)(c) commits an offence and is liable on first conviction to a fine of $1000 and on second or subsequent conviction to a fine of $2000 and to imprisonment for 1 month;
(b) contravenes bylaw 3, 7(1)(b), 7(1)(f), 7(2)(a), 7(2)(b) or 9 commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $2000 and to imprisonment for 3 months; or
(c) commits an offence under bylaw 5, 7(3) or 8 is liable to a fine of $2000 and to imprisonment for 3 months.

From http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/home.htm

That means - you might be put into jail for saying foul (loudly) at hospital! hahaha...