Hong Kong Regulations

IMPORT AND EXPORT (GENERAL) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 6F

Offences

(Past version on 02/01/2003).
(Past version on 23/07/1999).

(1) Any person who-

   (a)  makes or gives or causes to be made or given any statement, which he
        knows or has reason to believe to be false or misleading in a
        material particular, in any declaration or any information whether
        verbal or in writing or otherwise required by the Director or an
        appointed officer under these regulations;

   (b)  makes or gives or causes to be made or given any statement or
        information, which he knows or has reason to believe to be false or
        misleading in a material particular, in respect of any document-

        (i)    that is required to be maintained or furnished under regulation
               5AC; or

        (ii)   that he knows or has reason to believe may be used in support
               of an application for registration under regulation 5AC;

   (c)  is in breach of an undertaking or part of an undertaking given under
        regulation 5AC;

   (d)  contravenes any requirement under regulation 5AE; (L.N. 179 of 2002)

   (e)  makes in any record kept under regulation 5AE(1) any statement that he
        knows or has reason to believe to be false or misleading in a
        material particular; (L.N. 179 of 2002)

   (f)  gives or causes to be given any information, which he knows or has
        reason to believe to be false or misleading in a material particular,
        in support of an application for registration under regulation 6DD;
        (L.N. 179 of 2002; 33 of 2003 s. 2)

   (g)  makes in any record kept, or any return or notification submitted,
        under regulation 6DG any statement that he knows or has reason to
        believe to be false or misleading in a material particular; or (L.N.
        179 of 2002; 33 of 2003 s. 2)

   (h)  gives or causes to be given any information, which he knows or has
        reason to believe to be false or misleading in a material particular,
        in a transhipment notification under regulation 6DAA(1), (33 of 2003
        s. 2) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of
        $500000 and to imprisonment for 2 years.

(2) Where a person convicted of an offence under these regulations is a
company, every director and every officer concerned in the management of the
company shall be guilty of the like offence unless he proves that the act
constituting the offence took place without his knowledge or consent.

(3) Where an offence under these regulations committed by a partner in a
partnership is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance
of, or to be attributable to any act on the part of, any other partner of the
partnership or any person concerned in the management of the partnership, that
other partner or the person concerned in the management of the partnership
commits the like offence. (L.N. 193 of 1999)