Safeguarding National Security Ordinance
Part 4—Division 2
Ord. No. 6 of 2024
Section 46
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(3) A specified officer must not exercise a power conferred by subsection (1) or (2) unless the officer has reasonable grounds to believe that it is necessary for safeguarding national security to exercise the power.
(4) A person who contravenes an order made under subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 2 years.
(5) In this section—
specified officer (指明人員)—
- (a) in relation to a prohibited place—means any of the following persons—
- (i) a police officer;
- (ii) a person authorized under section 42(4) in respect of the prohibited place; or
- (b) in relation to a prohibited place belonging to or occupied by or on behalf of the Central Authorities—means a person assigned by the institution in charge of the prohibited place to discharge duty as a guard or sentry in respect of the prohibited place.
46. Obstruction etc. in the vicinity of prohibited places
(1) If a specified officer is discharging duty in respect of a prohibited place, and another person, in the vicinity of the prohibited place—
- (a) wilfully obstructs the specified officer from discharging the duty;
- (b) knowingly misleads the specified officer in circumstances concerning the discharge of the duty by the specified officer; or
