Hong Kong Regulations

UNITED NATIONS SANCTIONS (AFGHANISTAN) REGULATION - SECT 3G

Declaration as to goods: powers of search

(1) A person who is about to leave the HKSAR shall, if required by an
authorized officer-

   (a)  declare whether or not he has with him any prohibited goods that are
        destined for a relevant person or a relevant undertaking or, for
        delivery, directly or indirectly, to, or to the order of, a relevant 
        person or a relevant undertaking; and

   (b)  produce any prohibited goods mentioned in paragraph (a) that he has
        with him, and the officer, and any person acting under his directions,
        may search that person for the purpose of ascertaining if he has with
        him any such goods.

(2) A person may however only be searched under subsection (1) by a person of
the same sex.

(3) A person who, without reasonable excuse, refuses to make a declaration,
fails to produce any goods, or refuses to allow himself to be searched under
subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at
level 6.

(4) A person who, under this section, makes a declaration that he knows to be
false in a material particular, or recklessly makes a declaration that is
false in a material particular, commits an offence and is liable-

   (a)  on conviction on indictment to a fine and to imprisonment for 2 years;

   (b)  on summary conviction to a fine at level 6. (L.N. 134 of 2002)