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Compulsory Quarantine of Persons Arriving at Hong Kong from Foreign Places Regulation L.N. 24 of 2010 Section 9 9. Giving false or misleading information to authorized officer is offence

A person who knowingly or recklessly gives any information that is false or misleading in a material particular to an authorized officer in connection with the performance of the officer’s function under this Regulation commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 4 and to imprisonment for 6 months.

10. Cancellation of quarantine order

(1) This section applies to a person placed under quarantine under section 3 if, during the quarantine period—
 * (a) the person is designated under section 4(1);
 * (b) a category of persons within which the person falls is designated under section 4(1); or
 * (c) the person establishes that when the quarantine order was made, the person—
 * (i) was a person designated under section 4(1); or
 * (ii) fell within a category of persons designated under section 4(1).

(2) An authorized officer must, as soon as practicable after becoming aware that this section applies to the person, cancel the quarantine order made against the person.

11. Authorized officers

(1) The Director may appoint any public officer as an authorized officer for the purposes of this Regulation.