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Safeguarding National Security Ordinance Part 3—Division 4 Section 23 (2) In this section—

relevant officer (相關人員) means—
 * (a) in relation to an offence under section 17—a member of a Chinese armed force;
 * (b) in relation to an offence under section 19—a public officer within the meaning of that section;
 * (c) in relation to an offence under section 21—any of the personnel of a CA office in HK within the meaning of that section;

specified offence (指明罪行) means an offence under section 17, 19 or 21. Division 4—Acts with Seditious Intention etc. '''23. Seditious intention'''

(1) For the purposes of this Division—
 * (a) a person does an act with a seditious intention if the person does the act with one or more of the intentions specified in subsection (2); and
 * (b) an act, word or publication is an act, word or publication that has a seditious intention if the act, word or publication has one or more of the intentions specified in subsection (2).

(2) The intentions are as follows—
 * (a) an intention to bring a Chinese citizen, Hong Kong permanent resident or a person in the HKSAR into hatred, contempt or disaffection against the following system or institution—
 * (i) the fundamental system of the state established by the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China;