Safeguarding National Security Ordinance
Part 3—Division 4
Ord. No. 6 of 2024
Section 24
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- (ii) any matter established in accordance with the law in the HKSAR;
- (d) an intention to point out that hatred or enmity amongst different classes of residents of the HKSAR or amongst residents of different regions of China is produced, or that there is a tendency for such hatred or enmity to be produced, with a view to removing the hatred or enmity.
24. Offences in connection with seditious intention
(1) A person who—
- (a) with a seditious intention—
- (i) does an act that has a seditious intention; or
- (ii) utters a word that has a seditious intention;
- (b) knowing that a publication has a seditious intention, prints, publishes, sells, offers for sale, distributes, displays or reproduces the publication; or
- (c) imports a publication that has a seditious intention,
commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 7 years.
(2) A person who colludes with an external force to do the following—
- (a) with a seditious intention—
- (i) do an act that has a seditious intention; or
- (ii) utter a word that has a seditious intention;
- (b) knowing that a publication has a seditious intention, print, publish, sell, offer for sale, distribute, display or reproduce the publication; or
