Hong Kong Regulations

BOUNDARY AND ELECTION COMMISSION (REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS) (GEOGRAPHICAL CONSTITUENCIES) REGULATION - SECT 21

Offences and penalties

Caution: This is a past version. See the current version here.

PART V GENERAL

(1) Any person who, in-

   (a)  any application made under section 6; (L.N. 586 of 1994)

   (b)  response to a request for particulars or proof made under section 7;
        (L.N. 586 of 1994)

   (c)  reply to an inquiry made under section 8;

   (d)  any request made under section 9(1);

   (e)  a notice of objection lodged under section 15; or

   (f)  a notice of claim lodged under section 16, makes any statement which
        he knows to be false in a material particular or recklessly makes any
        statement which is incorrect in a material particular or knowingly
        omits any material particular from such an application, response,
        reply, request or notice commits an offence and is liable to a fine at
        level 2 and to imprisonment for 6 months. (L.N. 586 of 1994)

(2) Any person who directly or indirectly by himself or by any other person on
his behalf conspires with, incites, compels, induces, coerces, intimidates or
persuades another person to make a false statement in an application,
response, reply, request or notice referred to in subsection (1) or to provide
information which he knows to be wrong in a material particular in such an
application, response, reply, request or notice commits an offence and is
liable to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 6 months. (L.N. 586 of
1994)

(3) A person who-

   (a)  reproduces or permits another person to reproduce in any form any
        particular contained in any entry in a register or an extract thereof
        referred to in section 11(3) or 20(4); or

   (b)  uses or permits another person to use any information relating to a
        person obtained for the purpose of compiling a register; or

   (c)  uses or permits another person to use any information relating to a
        person contained in a register or an extract thereof referred to in
        section 11(3) or 20(4); or

   (d)  imparts to any other person any information referred to in paragraph
        (b) or (c), for a purpose other than a purpose related to an election
        commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 2 and to
        imprisonment for 6 months. (L.N. 586 of 1994)

(4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in subsection (3), any person who
contravenes section 11(5) or 20(6) commits an offence and is liable to a fine
at level 2 and to imprisonment for 6 months. (L.N. 266 of 1995) (Enacted 1994)