Hong Kong Ordinances

UNSOLICITED ELECTRONIC MESSAGES ORDINANCE - SECT 42

Obstruction of Authority, authorized officers, etc.

(1) Without prejudice to any other Ordinance, a person who—

   (a)  wilfully obstructs the Authority or an authorized officer in the
        performance of his functions under section 40 (powers of entry,
        search, arrest, etc.);

   (b)  wilfully fails to comply with any requirement properly made to him by
        the Authority or an authorized officer under that section; or

   (c)  without reasonable excuse, fails to give the Authority or an
        authorized officer any other assistance that he may reasonably require
        to be given for the purpose of performing his functions under that
        section, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a
        fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 6 months.

(2) Without prejudice to any other Ordinance, a person who makes a statement
that he knows to be false or does not believe to be true, or otherwise
knowingly misleads the Authority, an authorized officer or any other person in
the performance of his functions under this Ordinance commits an offence and
is liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 5 and to imprisonment for 2
years.