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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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Part 4
Requirements for Statement for Application for Issue or Renewal of Prescribed Authorization for Interception or Covert Surveillance

Division 1—Application for Issue of Chief Executive’s Authorization for Interception

23. Contents of statement supporting application (interception)

A statement supporting an application for the issue of a Chief Executive’s authorization for interception is to—

(a) state which of the purposes specified in section 2(1)(a)(i) and (ii) of this Schedule is sought to be furthered by conducting the interception;

(b) set out—

(i) the form of the interception and the information sought to be obtained by conducting the interception;

(ii) if known, the identity of any person who is to be the subject of the interception;

(iii) if known, particulars of the addresses, numbers, apparatus or other factors that are to be used for identifying any communication that is to be intercepted;

(iv) the proposed duration of the interception;

(v) the grounds for the reasonable suspicion specified in section 2(1)(b) of this Schedule;

(vi) the following information—