Safeguarding National Security Ordinance
Part 9—Division 18
Ord. No. 6 of 2024
Section 156
A789
- Substitute
- “any offence endangering national security”.
Division 18—Amendments to Customs and Excise Service Ordinance (Cap. 342)
156. Section 17 amended (when members to be deemed on duty)
Section 17, after “Schedule 2”—
- Add
- “or in preventing, suppressing or investigating an offence endangering national security”.
157. Section 17A amended (general powers of arrest and search)
(1) Section 17A(1)—
- Repeal
- “an offence against this Ordinance or an Ordinance specified in Schedule 2”
- Substitute
- “a specified offence”.
(2) After section 17A(4)—
- Add
- “(5) In this section—
- specified offence (指明罪行) means—
- (a) an offence endangering national security; or
- (b) an offence against this Ordinance or an Ordinance specified in Schedule 2.”.
158. Section 17B amended (power to enter and search for suspects)
Section 17B(5), definition of arrestable offence—
