Safeguarding National Security Ordinance
Part 4—Division 2
Ord. No. 6 of 2024
Section 47
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(2) A person commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 10 years if—
- (a) the person, being reckless as to whether national security would be endangered, does an act (relevant act);
- (b) the relevant act constitutes a prohibited act done in relation to an external intelligence organization; and
- (c) the person is reckless as to whether the relevant act would constitute the prohibited act.
(3) The Chief Executive may issue a certifying document to certify whether an organization is an external intelligence organization, and the document is binding on a Court.
(4) In this section—
advantage (利益) means—
- (a) any gift, loan, fee, reward or commission consisting of money, of any valuable security or of other property or interest in property of any description;
- (b) any office, employment or contract;
- (c) any payment, release, discharge or liquidation of any loan, obligation or other liability, whether in whole or in part;
- (d) any other service, or favour (other than entertainment), including protection from any penalty or disability incurred or apprehended or from any action or proceedings of a disciplinary, civil or criminal nature, whether or not already instituted;
- (e) the exercise, or forbearance from the exercise, of any right, power or duty; and
