Hong Kong Regulations

RESERVED COMMODITIES (CONTROL OF IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RESERVE STOCKS) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 24

Offences in respect of applications, licences, certificates and records

(1) Any person who-

   (a)  in an application for a licence under regulation 11;

   (b)  in an application for registration as a stockholder under regulation
        12; or

   (c)  in any record kept or return made under regulation 19, makes any
        statement or furnishes any information which he knows or ought to know
        to be false or misleading in a material particular shall be guilty of
        an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $50000 and
        to imprisonment for 1 year.

(2) Any person who, without the authority of the Director, alters in a
material particular a licence issued under regulation 11 or a certificate
issued under regulation 14 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable
on conviction to a fine of $100000 and to imprisonment for 2 years.