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Safeguarding National Security Ordinance Part 4—Division 2 Section 44 the person commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 10 years.

(4) For the purposes of subsection (3)—
 * (a) a statement is a statement of fact if a reasonable person would consider it to be a representation of fact after reading or hearing it or after it comes to the person’s knowledge by other means; and
 * (b) a statement of fact is false if it is wholly false or false in a material respect, whether on its own or in the context in which it appears.

(5) In this section—

communication (通訊) has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Interception of Communications and Surveillance Ordinance (Cap. 589);

interception (截取) has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Interception of Communications and Surveillance Ordinance (Cap. 589).

44. Entering prohibited places without lawful authority etc.

A person commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 2 years if the person—
 * (a) without reasonable excuse or lawful authority—
 * (i) inspects, passes over or under, enters or accesses a prohibited place (including doing such act by electronic or remote means); or
 * (ii) causes an unmanned tool to inspect, pass over or under, enter or access a prohibited place (including doing such act by electronic or remote means); and