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Implementation Rules for Article 43 of the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Schedule 2 Section 1 Schedule 2 [r. 2] Rules Relating to Restriction on Persons under Investigation from Leaving Hong Kong 1. Interpretation

In this Schedule—

travel document (旅行證件) means a passport or other document establishing the identity or nationality of a holder.

2. Surrender of travel documents

(1) A magistrate may, on the application ex parte of a police officer, by written notice require a person who is the subject of an investigation in respect of an offence endangering national security reasonably suspected to have been committed by the person to surrender to the police officer any travel document in the person’s possession.

(2) A notice under subsection (1) must be served personally on the person to whom it is addressed.

(3) A person on whom a notice under subsection (1) is served must comply with the notice immediately.

(4) Subject to subsection (8), a person to whom a notice under subsection (1) is addressed must not leave Hong Kong, whether or not the notice has been served on the person under subsection (2), before the expiry of a period of 6 months from the date of the notice unless—