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Implementation Rules for Article 43 of the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

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Schedule 7

[r. 2]

Rules Relating to Requirement to Furnish Information and Produce Materials

1. Interpretation

In this Schedule—

authorized officer (獲授權人員) means—

(a) any police officer; or

(b) any person authorized in writing by the Secretary for Justice for the purposes of this Schedule.

2. Requirement to furnish information or produce material

(1) The Secretary for Justice may, for the purpose of an investigation into an offence endangering national security, make an ex parte application to the Court of First Instance for an order under subsection (2) in relation to a particular person or to persons of a particular description.

(2) The Court of First Instance may, if on such an application it is satisfied that the conditions in subsection (4)(a), (b) and (d) or subsection (4)(a), (c) and (d) are fulfilled, make an order complying with subsection (3) in respect of the particular person, or persons of the particular description, to whom the application relates.

(3) An order under subsection (2) must—

(a) give particulars of the offence endangering national security that is under investigation;