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Safeguarding National Security Ordinance Part 6—Division 2 Section 62 :(b) conducts any activity on behalf of, or in cooperation with, or under the control, supervision or direction of, the organization;
 * (c) participates in a meeting of the organization; or
 * (d) pays money or gives aid of other kinds to or for the purposes of the organization,

commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to a fine of $250,000 and imprisonment for 10 years.

(3) The following act does not constitute an offence under subsection (1) or (2)—
 * (a) doing an act with the prior written permission of the Secretary for Security;
 * (b) participating in any proceedings, whether in one’s own capacity or as a representative of an organization that is a party to the proceedings;
 * (c) seeking, providing or accepting any legal services, or making or receiving any payment for the services; or
 * (d) doing any act that is incidental to the act referred to in paragraph (b) or (c).

(4) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (1) or (2) to establish that, at the time of the alleged offence, the person did not know and had no reasonable grounds to believe that the operation or continued operation of the organization in the HKSAR was prohibited under section 60.

(5) Without affecting subsection (4)—
 * (a) it is a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (1), for being or acting as an office-bearer of a prohibited organization, to establish that the person has taken all reasonable