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Safeguarding National Security Ordinance Part 6—Division 2 Section 61 (7) An order made under subsection (1) or (2)—
 * (a) takes effect on publication in the Gazette; or
 * (b) if specified to take effect on a subsequent date—takes effect on the specified date.

61. Matters following prohibition of operation of local organizations

(1) If the operation or continued operation in the HKSAR of any organization specified in section 60(3)(a) is prohibited under section 60 (local prohibited organization), the organization is dissolved on the taking effect of the order prohibiting the operation or continued operation of the organization under section 60(7).

(2) After the dissolution of a local prohibited organization, the liability (if any) of every office-bearer and member of the organization continues and may be enforced as if the organization had not been dissolved.

(3) If, immediately before the taking effect of an order prohibiting the operation or continued operation of a local prohibited organization under section 60(7), the organization is registered (however described, and carried out in whatever manner) under a specified Ordinance, subsections (4) and (5) apply to the organization.

(4) If the organization is dissolved under subsection (1), the registration mentioned in subsection (3) is cancelled, and the specified authority must—
 * (a) if a register (however described) is required to be kept in relation to the registration under the specified Ordinance—update the register in view of the cancellation of the registration; and
 * (b) publish a notice of the cancellation of the registration in the Gazette.