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
- (b) the value of the person’s proceeds of an offence endangering national security is the aggregate of the values of—
- (i) the payments or other rewards;
- (ii) that property; and
- (iii) that pecuniary advantage.
(4) For the purposes of this Schedule, a person who has at any time (whether before or after the commencement of this Schedule) received any payment or other reward in connection with the commission of an offence endangering national security has benefited from that offence.
(5) References in this Schedule to property received in connection with the commission of an offence endangering national security include a reference to property received both in that connection and in some other connections.
(6) Property is held by any person if the person holds any interest in it.
2. Property to which this Schedule applies
This Schedule applies to property whether it is situated in Hong Kong or elsewhere.
3. Freezing of property
(1) Where the Secretary for Security has reasonable grounds to suspect that any property held by any person is offence related property, the Secretary may, by notice in writing specifying the property, direct that a person must not, directly or indirectly, deal with the property except under the authority of a licence granted by the Secretary.
