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
- (a) makes a statement that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular; or
- (b) recklessly makes a statement that is false or misleading in a material particular,
commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to a fine of $500,000 and to imprisonment for 3 years.
(15) Where an order under subsection (2) has been made, the Secretary for Justice, or a person authorized in writing by the Secretary for Justice for the purpose of this subsection, may, after satisfying any conditions that may be prescribed by rules of court in this respect, obtain a copy of the order; but subject to the foregoing part of this subsection and to subsection (7)(b), no person is entitled to obtain a copy of the order or any part of the order.
(16) Where a requirement imposed on a person under this section relates to material which consists of information recorded otherwise than in legible form—
- (a) the requirement is to have effect as a requirement to produce the material in a form in which it can be taken away; and
- (b) an authorized officer may, by notice in writing served on that person, require that person to produce at a specified time and place, or at specified times and places, the material in a form in which it is visible and legible and can be taken away, and may by like notice release the person from any obligation under the requirement to produce the material in the form in which it is recorded.
(17) An application for the discharge or variation of an order made under this section may be made by any person on whom a requirement is imposed under the order.
