Hong Kong Regulations

ENTERTAINMENT SPECIAL EFFECTS (GENERAL) REGULATION - SECT 37

Records to be kept

(1) A holder of a store licence shall keep or cause to be kept a stock book in
the store in a form to be specified by the Authority.

(2) The stock book shall be kept up-to-date, and shall record-

   (a)  the quantity, description and date of delivery of each item of
        pyrotechnic special effects material delivered to the store; and

   (b)  the quantity, description and date of dispatch of each item of
        pyrotechnic special effects material removed from the store, whether
        for discharge or otherwise.

(3) Each entry in the stock book shall be certified as correct by the holder
of the store licence or the operator-in-charge.

(4) The holder of a store licence shall, at the end of each month during the
validity of his licence or at the expiry of such other period as the Authority
may allow and at any other time required by the Authority, record in the stock
book a statement of the balance of the stock of each type of pyrotechnic
special effects material held in the store.

(5) The statement recorded in the stock book under subsection (4) shall be
certified as correct-

   (a)  in the case of the licence holder himself being the
        operator-in-charge, by the licence holder; and

   (b)  in the case of an operator-in-charge being engaged, by the
        operator-in-charge.

(6) The holder of a store licence shall keep all stock books and all documents
relating to the pyrotechnic special effects materials held in the store for a
minimum of 3 years and shall produce them to the Authority for inspection when
required.

(7) The holder of a store licence shall-

   (a)  upon expiry, suspension, surrender or revocation of his licence; and

   (b)  in the case of a body corporate, upon its dissolution, send a copy of
        the stock book to the Authority showing-

        (i)    all the entries made during the last three years before the
               expiry, suspension, surrender, revocation of his licence or
               dissolution of the body corporate, as the case may be; or

        (ii)   where the holder has held the store licence for less than 3
               years, all the entries made during the validity of his licence.

(8) A person who contravenes this section commits an offence and is liable to
a fine at level 4 and to imprisonment for 1 month.

(9) A person who makes a false or misleading entry in-

   (a)  the stock book required to be kept under subsection (1) or (2);

   (b)  the statement required to be recorded under subsection (4) or

(5); or

   (c)  the copy of the stock book required to be sent to the Authority under
        subsection (7), knowing such entry to be false or misleading, commits
        an offence and is liable to a fine at level 6 and to imprisonment for
        6 months.

(10) A person who certifies as correct-

   (a)  any entry in the stock book made under subsection (2); or

   (b)  any statement recorded in the stock book under subsection (4), which
        he knows to be incorrect, commits an offence and is liable to a fine
        at level 6 and to imprisonment for 6 months.