Cap 537AX s 3 Prohibition against supply, sale or transfer of certain goods (United Nations Sanctions (Afghanistan) Regulation 2012; UNITED NATIONS SANCTIONS ORDINANCE)

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Chapter:	537AX	Title:	United Nations Sanctions (Afghanistan) Regulation 2012	Gazette Number:	L.N. 43 of 2012
Section:	3	Heading:	Prohibition against supply, sale or transfer of certain goods	Version Date:	23/03/2012

(1) This section applies to—

(a) a person acting in the HKSAR; and

(b) a person acting outside the HKSAR who is—

(i) both a Hong Kong permanent resident and a Chinese national; or

(ii) a body incorporated or constituted under the law of the HKSAR.

(2) A person must not supply, sell or transfer, or agree to supply, sell or transfer, directly or indirectly, or do any act likely to promote the supply, sale or transfer of, any prohibited goods—

(a) to, or to the order of, a relevant person or a relevant entity; or

(b) to a destination for the purpose of delivery or transfer, directly or indirectly, to, or to the order of, a relevant person or a relevant entity.

(3) A person who contravenes subsection (2) commits an offence and is liable—

(a) on conviction on indictment to a fine and to imprisonment for 7 years; or

(b) on summary conviction to a fine at level 6 and to imprisonment for 6 months.

(4) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (3) to prove that the person did not know and had no reason to believe—

(a) that the goods concerned were prohibited goods; or

(b) that the goods concerned were or were to be supplied, sold or transferred—

(i) to, or to the order of, a relevant person or a relevant entity; or

(ii) to a destination for the purpose of delivery or transfer, directly or indirectly, to, or to the order of, a relevant person or a relevant entity.