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
conviction on indictment to a fine of $100,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months unless the office-bearer or person establishes to the satisfaction of the court that the office-bearer or person has exercised due diligence and that the office-bearer or person has failed to comply with the notice for reasons beyond the office-bearer’s or the person’s controls.
(4) If any information provided to the Commissioner of Police in compliance with a notice served under subsection (1) is false, incorrect, or incomplete in a material particular, the person who has provided the information commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to a fine of $100,000 and to imprisonment for 2 years unless the person establishes to the satisfaction of the court that the person had good reason to believe that the information was true, correct and complete.
3. Regulation of foreign or Taiwan agents
(1) If the Commissioner of Police reasonably believes that it is necessary to issue the requirement for the prevention and investigation of an offence endangering national security, the Commissioner may from time to time, with the approval of the Secretary for Security, by written notice served on a foreign agent or Taiwan agent, require the agent to provide the Commissioner with the following information within the specified period in the specified way—
- (a) if the agent is an individual—
- (i) the activities of the agent in Hong Kong, and the personal particulars of the agent (including the activities participated by the agent in any local organization, the agent’s post, business, occupation and address);
