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495 PDFTitle:NEW TERRITORIES LAND EXCHANGE ENTITLEMENTS (REDEMPTION) ORDINANCEGazette Number:
Section:12Heading:OffenceVersion Date:30/06/1997

(1) A person who, in connection with a claim-

        (a) furnishes any information which he knows to be false or misleading, or does not believe to be true, in a material particulars; or
        (b) produces any deed, instrument or record which he knows to be false or misleading, or does not believe to be true, in a material particular,
commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 5 and to imprisonment for 3 months.
(2) Notwithstanding section 26 of the Magistrates Ordinance (Cap 227), proceedings in respect of an offence under subsection (1) may be brought at any time within the period of 6 months after the commission of the offence or within the period of 6 months after the discovery thereof by the Director, whichever is the later to expire.
(Enacted 1996)