Safeguarding National Security Ordinance
- (iv) a person who has already been finally convicted or acquitted of an offence in judicial proceedings is not to be tried or punished again for the same act.
3.Interpretation
(1) In this Ordinance—
Central Authorities (中央) means the body of central power under the constitutional order established by the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China, including (but not limited to) the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China and its Standing Committee, the President of the People’s Republic of China, the Central People’s Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Central Military Commission of the People’s Republic of China;
Chinese armed force (中國武裝力量) means an armed force of China, that is the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, the Chinese People’s Armed Police Force or the militia;
Court (法院) means any of the following courts or tribunals of the Judiciary of the HKSAR—
- (a) the Court of Final Appeal;
- (b) the Court of Appeal;
- (c) the Court of First Instance;
- (d) the Competition Tribunal;
