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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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(b) the use of surveillance devices in or on objects, or classes of objects, specified in the authorization;

(c) the use of surveillance devices in respect of the conversations, activities or location of any person specified in the authorization (whether by name or by description).

(3) A Chief Executive’s authorization (except for an authorization for Type 2 surveillance) may contain terms that—

(a) authorize the doing of anything reasonably necessary to conceal a conduct authorized or required to be carried out under the authorization;

(b) if it is reasonably necessary for the execution of the authorization, authorize the interference with properties (whether or not of any person who is the subject of the interception or covert surveillance concerned); and

(c) require a person specified in the authorization (whether by name or by description), on being shown a copy of the authorization, to provide to officers of the Police Force such reasonable assistance for the execution of the authorization.

(4) A Chief Executive’s authorization for interception also authorizes—

(a) the installation, use and maintenance of devices required to be used in order to intercept any of the communications authorized to be intercepted under the authorization;

(b) the entry, by the use of reasonable force if necessary, into or onto any premises in order to carry out a conduct authorized or required to be carried out under the authorization;