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Safeguarding National Security Ordinance

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of the Standing Committee of the Thirteenth National People’s Congress on 30 December 2022:

AND WHEREAS—

(a) the executive, legislative and judicial authorities of the HKSAR must effectively prevent, suppress and punish acts and activities endangering national security in accordance with the law; and

(b) the residents of the HKSAR must safeguard the sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of the state; any institution, organization and individual in the HKSAR must abide by the law of the HKSAR applicable for safeguarding national security, must not engage in acts and activities endangering national security, and must provide assistance in accordance with the law in response to a request made by the authorities when conducting the work on safeguarding national security in accordance with the law:

NOW, THEREFORE, it is enacted by the Legislative Council as follows—

Part 1
Preliminary

1. Short title

This Ordinance may be cited as the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance.