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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 3 Section 7 7. Restraint orders

(1) The Court of First Instance may by a restraint order prohibit any person from dealing with any realisable property, subject to such conditions and exceptions as may be specified in the order.

(2) A restraint order may apply to all realisable property held by a person specified in the order, whether the property is described in the order or not, or is transferred to the person after the making of the order.

(3) Where the Court of First Instance has made a restraint order, the Court of First Instance may at any time appoint a receiver—
 * (a) to take possession of any realisable property; and
 * (b) in accordance with the directions of the Court of First Instance, to manage or otherwise deal with any property in respect of which the receiver is appointed,

subject to such conditions and exceptions as may be specified by the Court of First Instance; and may require any person having possession of the property to give possession of it to the receiver.

(4) Where the Court of First Instance has made a restraint order, an authorized officer may, for the purpose of preventing any realisable property being removed from Hong Kong, seize the property.

(5) If a restraint order concerns immovable property, the order is taken to be an instrument affecting land and is registrable under the Land Registration Ordinance (Cap. 128) in the way that the Land Registrar considers appropriate.