Hong Kong Regulations

UNITED NATIONS SANCTIONS (CÔTE D’IVOIRE) REGULATION 2006 - SECT 3

Prohibition against supply and delivery of certain goods to Côte d’Ivoire

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

PART 2

PROHIBITIONS

Supply and delivery of goods

(1) Except under the authority of a licence granted under section  12 (1)(a),
a person shall not supply or deliver, agree to supply or deliver, or do any
act likely to promote the supply or delivery of, any prohibited goods—

   (a)  to Côte d’Ivoire;

   (b)  to, or to the order of, a person connected with Côte d’Ivoire; or

   (c)  to a destination for the purpose of delivery, directly or indirectly,
        to Côte d’Ivoire or to, or to the order of, a person connected with
        Côte d’Ivoire.

(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is
liable—

   (a)  on conviction on indictment to a fine and to imprisonment for 7 years;
        or

   (b)  on summary conviction to a fine at level 6 and to imprisonment for 6
        months.

(3) In any proceedings for an offence under subsection (2), it is a defence
for a person charged to prove that he did not know and had no reason to
believe—

   (a)  that the goods concerned were prohibited goods; or

   (b)  that the goods concerned were to be supplied or delivered—

        (i)    to Côte d’Ivoire;

        (ii)   to, or to the order of, a person connected with Côte
               d’Ivoire; or

        (iii)  to a destination for the purpose of delivery, directly or
               indirectly, to Côte d’Ivoire or to, or to the order of, a
               person connected with Côte d’Ivoire.

(4) This section applies to—

   (a)  a person within the HKSAR; and

   (b)  a person acting elsewhere who is—

        (i)    both a Hong Kong permanent resident and a Chinese national; or

        (ii)   a body incorporated or constituted under the law of the HKSAR.