Hong Kong Regulations

UNITED NATIONS SANCTIONS (IRAQ) REGULATION - SECT 4

Supply or delivery of prohibited goods to Iraq

(Past version on 22/08/1997).

(1) Except under the authority of a licence, no person shall—

   (a)  supply or deliver or agree to supply or deliver to or to the order of
        any person in Iraq any prohibited goods that are not in Iraq;

   (b)  supply or deliver or agree to supply or deliver any prohibited  goods
        to any person, knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that they
        will be supplied or delivered to or to the order of a person in Iraq
        or that they will be used for the purposes of any business carried on
        in or operated from Iraq; or

   (c)  do any act calculated to promote the supply or delivery of any
        prohibited goods to any person in Iraq or for the purpose of any
        business carried on in or operated from Iraq in contravention of any
        of the provisions of this section. (L.N. 132 of 2004)

(2)-(3) (Repealed L.N. 132 of 2004)

(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.
               (L.N. 132 of 2004)

(5) 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. (L.N. 132 of 2004)

(6) In any proceedings for an offence under this section, 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 were prohibited goods; or

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

        (i)    to, or to the order of, a person in Iraq; or

        (ii)   for the purposes of any business carried on in or operated from
               Iraq. (L.N. 132 of 2004)