Hong Kong Regulations

UNITED NATIONS SANCTIONS (LEBANON) REGULATION - SECT 2

Prohibition against supply and delivery of certain goods to persons in Lebanon

PART 2

PROHIBITIONS

Supply and delivery of goods

(1) Except under the authority of a licence granted under section  7 (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, or to the order of, a person in Lebanon; or

   (b)  to a destination for the purpose of delivery, directly or indirectly,
        to, or to the order of, a person in Lebanon.

(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, or to the order of, a person in Lebanon; or

        (ii)   to a destination for the purpose of delivery, directly or
               indirectly, to, or to the order of, a person in Lebanon.

(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.