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Safeguarding National Security Ordinance

Part 7—Division 2
Ord. No. 6 of 2024
Section 91
A683

(f) letters of credit, bills of lading and bills of sale;
(g) documents evidencing an interest in funds or financial resources; and
(h) any other instrument of export financing.

91. Prohibition against certain activities in connection with immovable property

(1) If it is specified under section 89(4) (including by virtue of section 89(5)) that this section applies in relation to a person, the person is a relevant absconder for the purposes of this section during the period within which the specification is in force.

(2) Except under the authority of a licence granted under section 97, a person must not—

(a) lease, or otherwise make available, immovable property, directly or indirectly, to a relevant absconder; or
(b) lease immovable property, directly or indirectly, from a relevant absconder.

(3) A person who contravenes subsection (2) commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 7 years.

(4) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (3) to establish that the person did not know and had no reason to believe—

(a) for a contravention of subsection (2)(a)—that the immovable property concerned was leased, or otherwise made available, to a relevant absconder; or