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COMPETITION ORDINANCE
Ord. No. 14 of 2012
A1401
(j) to take possession of any computer or other thing found on the premises that the person executing the warrant has reasonable grounds for believing will, on examination, afford evidence of a contravention of a competition rule;
(k) to require any person on the premises to give an explanation of any document appearing to be a relevant document or to state, to the best of his or her knowledge and belief, where such an explanation may be found or obtained;
(l) to require any information which is stored in electronic form and is accessible from the premises and which the person executing the warrant considers relates to any matter relevant to the investigation, to be produced in a form—
(i) in which it is visible and legible or from which it can readily be produced in a visible and legible form; and
(ii) in which it can be taken away.

(2) In this section—

“relevant document” (有關文件) means a document of a kind that could be required to be produced to the Commission under this Part.

Division 4—Offences in Relation to Investigations

51. Interpretation

In this Division—

“Commission” (競委會) includes any member, employee or authorized officer of the Commission;

“information” (資料) includes information provided in answer to a question.

52. Failure to comply with requirement or prohibition

(1) A person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a requirement or prohibition imposed on that person under—

(a) section 41 (Powers to obtain documents and information);
(b) section 42 (Persons may be required to attend before Commission);
(c) section 43 (Statutory declaration regarding evidence); or
(d) section 50 (Powers conferred by warrant), commits an offence.

(2) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable—

(a) on conviction on indictment, to a fine of $200,000 and to imprisonment for 1 year; or