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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 14 (3) The Court of First Instance must not order compensation to be paid under subsection (1) in any case where it appears to the Court of First Instance that the investigation would have been continued, or the proceedings would have been instituted or continued if the serious default had not occurred.

(4) Without prejudice to subsection (1), where—
 * (a) a disclosure is made by any person in accordance with section 5(2) of this Schedule in relation to any property;
 * (b) in consequence of the disclosure and for the purposes of an investigation or prosecution in respect of an offence endangering national security any act is done or omitted to be done in relation to that property; and
 * (c) no proceedings are instituted against any person in respect of that offence or no restraint order or charging order is made by the Court of First Instance in relation to that property,

the Court of First Instance may, on application by a person who held the property, order compensation to be paid by the Government to the applicant if, having regard to all the circumstances, it considers it appropriate to make such an order.

(5) The Court of First Instance must not order compensation to be paid under subsection (4) unless it is satisfied—
 * (a) that there has been some serious default on the part of any person concerned in the investigation or prosecution of the offence concerned and that, but for that default, the act or omission referred to in subsection (4)(b) would not have occurred; and