Hong Kong Regulations

RESERVED COMMODITIES (CONTROL OF IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RESERVE STOCKS) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 25

Other offences

(1) Any stockholder who fails to comply with regulation 18 shall be guilty of
an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $100000 and to
imprisonment for 2 years.

(2) Any person who-

   (a)  contravenes regulation 3, 4, 9 or 21;

   (b)  fails to comply with regulation 19;

   (c)  fails to comply with a notice under regulation 22(1) in accordance
        with regulation 22(4); or

   (d)  fails to comply with a notice of prohibition under regulation 23(1) in
        accordance with regulation 23(2), shall be guilty of an offence and
        shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $50000 and to imprisonment
        for 1 year.

(3) Any person who contravenes regulation 7 or 7A shall, unless he proves that
he did not know and could not with reasonable diligence have known that the
commodity accepted for export, or imported, as the case may be, was a
reserved commodity, be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction
to a fine of $50000 and to imprisonment for 1 year. (L.N. 336 of 1981)

(4) Any person who without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with any
direction of the Director under regulation 17 or with an order of the Director
under regulation 20 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on
conviction to a fine of $50000 and to imprisonment for 1 year.

(5) Any person who fails to surrender his certificate of registration under
regulation 14(7) or regulation 16(3) or (4) shall be guilty of an offence and
shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $5000 and to imprisonment for 3
months.

(6) Any person who contravenes regulation 5, 6 or 8 shall be guilty of an
offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $5000.