Hong Kong Regulations

UNITED NATIONS SANCTIONS (ARMS EMBARGOES) REGULATION - SECT 2

Supplies and deliveries of certain goods to a prohibited destination

(Past version on 22/08/1997).

(1) Except under the authority of a licence granted by the Chief Executive
under this section, no person shall-

   (a)  supply or deliver;

   (b)  agree to supply or deliver; or

   (c)  do any act likely to promote the supply or delivery of, any goods
        specified in Schedule 1-

        (i)    to a prohibited destination;

        (ii)   to or to the order of, any person connected with a prohibited 
               destination;

        (iii)  to any destination for the purpose of delivery, directly or
               indirectly, to a prohibited destination or to, or to the order
               of, any person connected with a prohibited destination;

        (iv)   to any person in Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda or Zaire, knowing or
               suspecting that the goods in question are intended for use
               within Rwanda; or

        (v)    to any destination for the purpose of delivery, directly or
               indirectly, to any person in Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda or
               Zaire, knowing or suspecting that the goods in question are
               intended for use within Rwanda.

(2) The provisions of this section shall apply to any person within the HKSAR
and to any person acting elsewhere who is-

   (a)  a permanent resident of the HKSAR; or

   (b)  a body incorporated or constituted under the law of the HKSAR. (L.N.
        367 of 1998)

(3) Subject to the provisions of subsection (4), any person specified in
subsection (2) who contravenes the provisions of subsection

(1) shall be guilty of an offence.

(4) In the case of proceedings for an offence in contravention of subsection
(1) it shall be a defence for the accused person to prove-

   (a)  that he did not know and had no reason to suppose that the goods in
        question were prohibited goods; or

   (b)  that he did not know and had no reason to suppose that the goods were
        to be supplied or delivered to a prohibited destination or to, or to
        the order of, a person connected with a prohibited destination.

(5) Subsection (1) shall not apply to goods supplied or delivered to a
prohibited destination by or on behalf of the United Nations.

(6) Nothing in subsection (1)(b) or (c) shall apply where the supply or
delivery of the goods to the person concerned is authorized by a licence
granted by the Chief Executive under this section.