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-7- general deterrent effect on the community as a whole, as well as a specific deterrent effect on the individual in question.

16. Article 21 of the NSL sets up a tiered system for sentencing offenders of incitement to secession.

17. It provides:

18. Its English translation reads:

19. The circumstances in which the Defendant committed the offence of incitement to secession included the following: the Slogan was printed on a flag carried on his back when he was travelling on a busy public highway on 1 July 2020 plainly in the view of the general public; he had deliberately failed to stop his motorcycle at multiple police checklines, showing obvious and open defiance to lawful instructions given by law enforcement officers duly tasked to maintain law and order in Hong Kong; 1st July is the anniversary date of the establishment of the HKSAR and the resumption of sovereignty over Hong