All persons who within Hong Kong conspire, confederate, and agree to murder any person, whatever his nationality or citizenship and wherever he may be, and any person who within Hong Kong solicits, encourages, persuades or endeavours to persuade, or proposes to any person to murder any other person, whatever his nationality or citizenship and wherever he may be, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to imprisonment for life.
On an indictment for murder a person found not guilty of murder may be found guilty of-
(a) any offence of which he may be found guilty under any Ordinance specifically so providing, or under section 51(2) or section 90(2) of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance (Cap 221); or
(b) an attempt to commit murder, or of an attempt to commit any other offence of which he may be found guilty.
1) Where-
(a) an act takes place on the high seas or in any other place outside Hong Kong;
(b) the person against or in relation to whom the act is committed or took place dies in Hong Kong as a result of the act; and
(c) the act would, if taking place in Hong Kong, constitute murder or manslaughter or being accessory to murder or manslaughter,
whatever the citizenship or nationality of the person committing it or responsible for it, the act shall constitute the crime of, as may be appropriate, murder or manslaughter or so being accessory.
(2) In this section "act" (作為) means an act of commission or an act of omission and includes a series of acts.
1. The Court shall have jurisdiction over natural persons pursuant to this Statute.
2. A person who commits a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court shall be individually responsible and liable for punishment in accordance with this Statute.
3. In accordance with this Statute, a person shall be criminally responsible and liable for punishment for a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court if that person:
(a) Commits such a crime, whether as an individual, jointly with another or through another person, regardless of whether that other person is criminally responsible;
(b) Orders, solicits or induces the commission of such a crime which in fact occurs or is attempted;
(c) For the purpose of facilitating the commission of such a crime, aids, abets or otherwise assists in its commission or its attempted commission, including providing the means for its commission;
(d) In any other way contributes to the commission or attempted commission of such a crime by a group of persons acting with a common purpose. Such contribution shall be intentional and shall either:
(i) Be made with the aim of furthering the criminal activity or criminal purpose of the group, where such activity or purpose involves the commission of a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court; or
(ii) Be made in the knowledge of the intention of the group to commit the crime;
(e) In respect of the crime of genocide, directly and publicly incites others to commit genocide;
(f) Attempts to commit such a crime by taking action that commences its execution by means of a substantial step, but the crime does not occur because of circumstances independent of the person's intentions. However, a person who abandons the effort to commit the crime or otherwise prevents the completion of the crime shall not be liable for punishment under this Statute for the attempt to commit that crime if that person completely and voluntarily gave up the criminal purpose.
3 bis. In respect of the crime of aggression, the provisions of this article shall apply only to persons in a position effectively to exercise control over or to direct the political or military action of a State.
4. No provision in this Statute relating to individual criminal responsibility shall affect the responsibility of States under international law.