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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 5 Section 4 : the office-bearer or person establishes to the satisfaction of the court that the office-bearer or person has exercised due diligence and that the office bearer or person has failed to comply with the notice for reasons beyond the office-bearer’s or person’s controls.

(4) If any information provided to the Commissioner of Police in compliance with a notice served under subsection (1) is false, incorrect, or incomplete in a material particular, the person who has provided the information commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to a fine of $100,000 and to imprisonment for 2 years unless the person establishes to the satisfaction of the court that the person had good reason to believe that the information was true, correct and complete.

4. Service of written notices

A notice that may be served on an organization or person under section 2 or 3 of this Schedule is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, deemed to be so served if—
 * (a) for an individual, the notice is—
 * (i) delivered to the individual;
 * (ii) left at the individual’s last known address for service in Hong Kong, or at the individual’s last known place of residence or business in Hong Kong;
 * (iii) sent by post to the individual at the individual’s last known address for service in Hong Kong, or at the individual’s last known postal address in Hong Kong; or