Safeguarding National Security Ordinance
21. Inciting disaffection of personnel of offices of Central Authorities in Hong Kong
(1) A person commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 7 years if the person knowingly incites any of the personnel of any of the following offices of the Central Authorities in Hong Kong (personnel of a CA office in HK) to abandon the duties and abandon the allegiance to China—
- (a) the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region;
- (b) the Office for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region;
- (c) the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
(2) A person commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 10 years if the person colludes with an external force to knowingly incite any of the personnel of a CA office in HK to abandon the duties and abandon the allegiance to China.
22. Possession of documents or articles of incitement nature with intent to commit specified offence
(1) A person commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 3 years if the person, with intent to commit a specified offence, possesses a document or other article of such a nature that the distribution of a document or article of that nature to a relevant officer would constitute the specified offence.
