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Safeguarding National Security Ordinance Part 1 Section 9 (2) A reference to the security of the HKSAR (including a phrase that means the same as “security of the HKSAR”) in another Ordinance is to be read as including national security.

(3) If the law of the HKSAR confers any function on a person—
 * (a) the function is to be read as including a duty to safeguard national security; and
 * (b) accordingly, any person, in making any decision in the performance of the function, must regard national security as the most important factor, and give appropriate consideration to it accordingly,

and a reference in any Ordinance in connection with such a function is to be read accordingly.

9. Persons to whom offence provisions apply

Unless otherwise provided in a provision, an offence under this Ordinance applies to every person in the HKSAR. If an offence has extra-territorial effect, the extra-territorial effect is provided in the relevant Part.