Safeguarding National Security Ordinance
Part 3—Division 2
Ord. No. 6 of 2024
Section 18
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- (a) to abandon the duties and abandon the allegiance to China; or
- (b) to organize, initiate or participates in a mutiny,
commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to life imprisonment.
(2) In this section—
mutiny (叛變) means an act done by 2 or more persons who are, or at least 2 of whom are, members of a Chinese armed force—
- (a) to overthrow the lawful authority in a Chinese armed force or in an army or force of a government or organization of a foreign country that is acting in cooperation with a Chinese armed force; or
- (b) to resist such lawful authority in such a manner as to substantially prejudice the operational efficiency of a Chinese armed force or of, or of a part of, an army or force of a government or organization of a foreign country that is acting in cooperation with a Chinese armed force.
18. Assisting members of Chinese armed force to abandon duties or absent without leave
(1) A person commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 7 years if the person, knowing that a member of a Chinese armed force is about to abandon the duties or absent himself or herself without leave, assists the member in so doing.
