Hong Kong Ordinances

CONSTRUCTION WORKERS REGISTRATION ORDINANCE - SECT 59

Offences of making false or misleading statements, of failure to attend as witness and of obstructing authorized officers, etc.

(1) A person who, without reasonable excuse, makes any statement or furnishes
any information, which is false or misleading in a material particular, in
connection with—

   (a)  a requirement made to the person under section 18(1)(d)(i),

   (e)  (i)(A) or (f);

   (b)  an application for registration or renewal of registration;

   (c)  a request for review under Part 7;

   (d)  an appeal under Part 7; or

   (e)  an application under section 58(2), commits an offence and is liable
        on conviction to a fine at level 3.

(2) If a person who—

   (a)  having been summoned by an Appeal Board to attend a hearing, without
        reasonable excuse, refuses or fails to do so;

   (b)  attends a hearing before an Appeal Board as a witness and, without
        reasonable excuse, refuses or fails to answer any question put to him
        by the Board; or

   (c)  having been required to produce any document or other thing in his
        possession, without reasonable excuse, refuses or fails to do so,
        commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 3.

(3) A person who—

   (a)  without reasonable excuse, resists, obstructs or delays an
        authorized officer who is performing or exercising, or attempting to
        perform or exercise, a function or power under this Ordinance;

   (b)  without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a requirement made to
        the person under section 18(1)(d)(i), (e)(i) or (f);

   (c)  without reasonable excuse, prevents, or attempts to prevent, another
        person from assisting an authorized officer in the performance or
        exercise of the officer's functions or powers under this Ordinance; or

   (d)  directly or indirectly, intimidates or threatens—

        (i)    an authorized officer in the performance or exercise of the
               officer's functions or powers under this Ordinance; or

        (ii)   a person assisting such an officer in the performance or
               exercise of those functions or powers, commits an offence and
               is liable on conviction to a fine at level 3.