香港的电影检查制度,法理源于《电影检查条例》(《香港法例》第392章)(“该条例”),该条例的主要内容包括设立电影检查监督(即影视及娱乐事务管理处处长)、检查员小组及顾问小组;核准影片上映及将影片分级;设立审核委员会;订出罚则及罪行;对其他条例作相应及其他修订等。电影检查最具操作性的文件是《检查员指引》。该条例第30条规定:“商务及经济发展局局长可不时 The system of film censorship in Hong Kong is derived from the Film Censorship Ordinance (Chapter 392 of the Hong Kong SAR) (the ”Ordinance“). The main contents of the Ordinance include the establishment of a film censor office (that is, the Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority Director), the Inspectors’ Team and the Advisory Panel; approve the screening and classification of films; set up an audit committee; set penalties and offenses; make consequential and other revisions to other ordinances. The most operational document for cinema inspection is the Inspectors Guide. Section 30 of the Ordinance states: ”The Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development may from time to time