Safeguarding National Security Ordinance
Part 9—Division 8
Ord. No. 6 of 2024
Section 134
A765
- Repeal the definitions.
(3) Section 2(1)—
- Add in alphabetical order
- “connection (聯繫), in relation to a society or a branch, that is a political body, means the following circumstances—
- (a) the society or the branch solicits or accepts financial contributions, financial sponsorships or financial support of any kind or loans, or substantive support by other means, directly or indirectly, from a political organization of an external place;
- (b) the society or the branch is affiliated directly or indirectly with a political organization of an external place;
- (c) any policy of the society or the branch is determined directly or indirectly by a political organization of an external place; or
- (d) a political organization of an external place directs, controls, supervises, dictates or participates, directly or indirectly, in the decision making process of the society or the branch;
- external place (境外) means a region or place outside Hong Kong (other than the Mainland and Macao);
- political organization of an external place (境外政治性組織) includes—
- (a) a government of a foreign country or a political subdivision of the government;
- (b) the authority of an external place or a political subdivision of the authority;
