Safeguarding National Security Ordinance
Part 3—Division 4
Ord. No. 6 of 2024
Section 23
A511
- (d) an intention to cause hatred or enmity amongst different classes of residents of the HKSAR or amongst residents of different regions of China;
- (e) an intention to incite any other person to do a violent act in the HKSAR;
- (f) an intention to incite any other person to do an act that does not comply with the law of the HKSAR or that does not obey an order issued under the law of the HKSAR.
(3) However—
- (a) if a person does an act only with any of the intentions specified in subsection (4), the act is not done with a seditious intention; and
- (b) if an act, word or publication only has any of the intentions specified in subsection (4), the act, word or publication is not an act, word or publication that has a seditious intention.
(4) The intentions are as follows—
- (a) an intention to give an opinion on the system or constitutional order mentioned in subsection (2)(a) or (b), with a view to improving the system or constitutional order;
- (b) an intention to point out an issue on a matter in respect of an institution or authority mentioned in subsection (2)(a) or (b), with a view to giving an opinion on the improvement of the matter;
- (c) an intention to persuade any person to attempt to procure the alteration, by lawful means, of—
- (i) any matter established in accordance with the law by the Central Authorities in relation to the HKSAR; or
