Safeguarding National Security Ordinance
Part 2
Ord. No. 6 of 2024
Section 10
A479
Part 2
Treason etc.
10. Treason
(1) A Chinese citizen who—
- (a) joins an external armed force that is at war with China, or is a part of the armed force;
- (b) with intent to prejudice the situation of China in a war, assists an enemy at war with China in a war,
- (c) levies war against China;
- (d) instigates a foreign country or an external armed force to invade China with force; or
- (e) with intent to endanger the sovereignty, unity or territorial integrity of China, uses force or threatens to use force,
commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to life imprisonment.
(2) In this section—
enemy at war with China (與中國交戰的敵方) includes a government of a foreign country or external armed force that is at war with China;
external armed force (外來武裝力量) means an armed force that does not belong to China.
11. Publicly manifest intention to commit offence of treason
A Chinese citizen who intends to commit an offence under section 10(1) and publicly manifests such intention commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 14 years.
