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Safeguarding National Security Ordinance

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(a) if it were a society to which the Societies Ordinance (Cap. 151) applied—

(i) be liable to have its registration or exemption from registration cancelled under section 5D of that Ordinance; or

(ii) be liable to have its operation or continued operation prohibited by the Secretary for Security under section 8 of that Ordinance; or

(b) if it were an organization to which section 60(1) or (2) of the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance (6 of 2024) applied—be liable to have its operation or continued operation in Hong Kong prohibited by the Secretary for Security under that section,

the Chief Executive in Council may order the company to cease to carry on business within Hong Kong, and the company must immediately cease to carry on business within Hong Kong:”.

(3) After section 360N(1)—

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“(2) A company which has been ordered to cease to carry on business within Hong Kong under subsection (1)—

(a) in the case of subsection (1)(a)(ii)—is, for all purposes, to be regarded as an unlawful society; or

(b) in the case of subsection (1)(b)—is, for all purposes, to be regarded as a prohibited organization.

(3) If a person is, because of the operation of this section, required to act as a member of an unlawful society or prohibited organization to deal with