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Prevention and Control of Disease (Regulation of Cross-boundary Conveyances and Travellers) Regulation L.N. 142 of 2020 Section 4 4. Offences relating to section 3

(1) If—
 * (a) a conveyance arrives at Hong Kong from a place outside Hong Kong; and
 * (b) any condition specified under section 5(1) is not met in relation to any relevant traveller on the conveyance,

each of the operators of the conveyance commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 5 and to imprisonment for 6 months.

(2) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (1) to establish that the person did not know, or could not with reasonable diligence have known, that the situation described in subsection (1)(b) constituting the alleged offence existed at the material time.

(3) If a prohibition under section 3(2)(a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) is contravened without reasonable excuse in relation to a conveyance, each of the operators of the conveyance commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 5 and to imprisonment for 6 months.

(4) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (3) to establish that the person did not know, or could not with reasonable diligence have known, that the act constituting the relevant contravention was done.

(5) A person who, without reasonable excuse, embarks on or disembarks from a conveyance in contravention of a prohibition under section 3(2)(d) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 4 and to imprisonment for 6 months.