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UNITED NATIONS (ANTI-TERRORISM MEASURES) ORDINANCE (5) Subject to section 20(3), Order 115, rule 29, of the Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4 sub. leg.) shall, with all necessary modifications, apply to and in relation to subsection (1) as it applies to and in relation to section 24D(1) of the Drug Trafficking (Recovery of Proceeds) Ordinance (Cap. 405).

14. Offences

(1) Any person who contravenes section 7, 8 or 9 commits an offence and is liable—
 * (a) on conviction on indictment to a fine and to imprisonment for 14 years;
 * (b) on summary conviction to a fine at level 6 and to imprisonment for 2 years.

(2) A person who contravenes a notice under section 6(1) commits an offence and is liable—
 * (a) on conviction on indictment to a fine and to imprisonment for 7 years;
 * (b) on summary conviction to a fine at level 6 and to imprisonment for 1 year.

(3) A person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes a requirement under section 6(7) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 6 and to imprisonment for 3 months.

(4) A person who contravenes section 10(1) or (2) or 11(1) or (2) commits an offence and is liable—
 * (a) on conviction on indictment to a fine and to imprisonment for 7 years;
 * (b) on summary conviction to a fine at level 6 and to imprisonment for 1 year.

(5) A person who contravenes section 12(1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 5 and to imprisonment for 3 months.

(6) A person who contravenes section 12(5) commits an offence and is liable—
 * (a) on conviction on indictment to a fine and to imprisonment for 3 years;
 * (b) on summary conviction to a fine at level 6 and to imprisonment for 1 year.

(7) In proceedings against a person for an offence under subsection (6), it is a defence to prove—
 * (a) that he did not know or suspect that the disclosure concerned was likely to be prejudicial in the way referred to in section 12(5); or
 * (b) that he had lawful authority or reasonable excuse for making that disclosure.