Hong Kong Regulations

BOUNDARY AND ELECTION COMMISSION (ELECTORAL PROCEDURE) (GEOGRAPHICAL CONSTITUENCIES) REGULATION - SECT 78

Offence of false declaration

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(1) Any person who, in any form, declaration, application, authorization,
notice, statement or nomination paper for the purposes of this Regulation
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 form, declaration,
application, authorization, notice, statement or nomination paper commits an
offence and is liable to a fine at level 2 and imprisonment for 6 months.

(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 a form, declaration,
application, authorization, notice, statement or nomination paper referred to
in subsection (1) or to provide information which he knows to be wrong in a
material particular in such form, declaration, application, authorization,
notice, statement or nomination paper commits an offence and is liable to a
fine at level 2 and imprisonment for 6 months. (Enacted 1994; L.N. 221 of
1995)