Hong Kong Ordinances

CHEMICAL WEAPONS (CONVENTION) ORDINANCE - SECT 13

Director may seek information for declarations

(1) This section applies if the Director has reasonable grounds to believe
that a person, including the operator of a facility to which section 12
applies, is capable of giving information that is relevant to a declaration
required to be given to the Organization under Article VI of the Convention.

(2) The Director may, by notice in writing given to the person, require the
person to give such information to the Director—

   (a)  if the person is a natural person, by writing signed by the person; or

   (b)  if the person is a body corporate, by writing signed by an officer
        authorized to sign on behalf of the body corporate, within such
        reasonable period and in such manner as is specified in the notice.

(3) The Director may, by notice in writing given to the person, require the
person to give to the Director particular documents, or documents of a
particular kind, specified in the notice, within such reasonable period as is
specified in the notice.

(4) The power of the Director under this section to require a person to give
information or documents to the Director is in addition to—

   (a)  any obligation to give information or documents that the person may
        have under section 11 or 12;

   (b)  any other power the Director has under this Ordinance to require the
        person to give information or documents. [cf. Chemical Weapons
        (Prohibition) Act 1994, s. 31(1), (2), (3) & (5), Commonwealth of
        Australia]