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Prevention and Control of Disease (Compulsory Testing for Certain Persons) Regulation Part 5 Section 19 :(b) produce for inspection the person’s proof of identity.

(3) A person who fails to comply with a requirement made under subsection (1) or (2) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 3.

(4) It is a defence for a person charged under subsection (3) to establish that—
 * (a) for a failure to comply with a requirement made under subsection (1)—
 * (i) the person had reasonable excuse for the failure to comply with the requirement; or
 * (ii) without limiting subparagraph (i), the information required to be provided was not within the knowledge, in the possession or under the control of the person, and could not reasonably have been ascertained or obtained by the person; or
 * (b) for a failure to comply with a requirement made under subsection (2)—the person had reasonable excuse for the failure to comply with the requirement.

(5) A person who, in purported compliance with a requirement made under subsection (1) or (2), knowingly or recklessly provides any information that is false or misleading in a material particular commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 3.

(6) In this section—

proof of identity (身分證明文件) has the meaning given by section 17B of the Immigration Ordinance (Cap. 115).