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Safeguarding National Security Ordinance

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(2) In this section—

relevant officer (相關人員) means—

(a) in relation to an offence under section 17—a member of a Chinese armed force;

(b) in relation to an offence under section 19—a public officer within the meaning of that section;

(c) in relation to an offence under section 21—any of the personnel of a CA office in HK within the meaning of that section;

specified offence (指明罪行) means an offence under section 17, 19 or 21.

Division 4—Acts with Seditious Intention etc.

23. Seditious intention

(1) For the purposes of this Division—

(a) a person does an act with a seditious intention if the person does the act with one or more of the intentions specified in subsection (2); and

(b) an act, word or publication is an act, word or publication that has a seditious intention if the act, word or publication has one or more of the intentions specified in subsection (2).

(2) The intentions are as follows—

(a) an intention to bring a Chinese citizen, Hong Kong permanent resident or a person in the HKSAR into hatred, contempt or disaffection against the following system or institution—

(i) the fundamental system of the state established by the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China;