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Cross-boundary Movement of Physical Currency and Bearer Negotiable
Instruments Ordinance

Part 3
Ord. No. 7 of 2017
Section 18
A235

(a) extend the period specified in an order made under subsection (2) for a period specified in the new order; or
(b) further extend a period extended under this subsection for a period specified in the new order.

(5) A new order must not—

(a) specify a period exceeding 3 months beginning on the date of the order; and
(b) result in the total period of the detention of the CBNIs exceeding 2 years beginning on the date of the order made under subsection (2).

(6) At any time while CBNIs are being detained under an order made under this section, the Court may direct their return to an interested person in relation to the CBNIs or, if there is more than one such interested person, any one of them, if—

(a) the Court is satisfied on an application made by an interested person in relation to the CBNIs that the conditions for their detention do not, or no longer, exist; or
(b) the Court is satisfied on an application made by an authorized officer that their detention is no longer justified.

(7) In this section—

Court (法院) means the Court of First Instance or the District Court;

interested person (關係人), in relation to any CBNI, means—

(a) the person from whom it was seized;