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Safeguarding National Security Ordinance Part 6—Division 2 Section 68 68. Information to be provided by organizations

(1) An authorized officer may, by written notice, require any organization to provide in writing information that is reasonably necessary for the Secretary for Security to perform a function of the Secretary for Security under section 60.

(2) The notice under subsection (1) must be served on—
 * (a) the organization; or
 * (b) any office-bearer of the organization or any person who manages or assists in the management of the organization in the HKSAR.

(3) The information required to be provided under subsection (1) may include the income, the source of income and the expenditure of the organization.

(4) The notice under subsection (1) must specify the time within which (being not less than 7 days) the information must be provided.

(5) The authorized officer may, on application made to the officer and on good reason being shown, grant an extension of time at the officer’s discretion.

69. Persons responsible for providing information

(1) The obligations imposed on any organization under section 68 are binding on every office-bearer of the organization, and on every person managing or assisting in the management of the organization in the HKSAR, who has been served with the notice under that section.

(2) If an organization fails to comply with the whole or part of a notice served under section 68, each of the persons mentioned in subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 4 unless the person establishes