Cap 584 s 47 False entry in document (CLEARING AND SETTLEMENT SYSTEMS ORDINANCE)

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Chapter:	584	Title:	CLEARING AND SETTLEMENT SYSTEMS ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:	L.N. 145 of 2004
Section:	47	Heading:	False entry in document	Version Date:	04/11/2004

(1) A person commits an offence if, wilfully and with intent to deceive, he does any act mentioned in subsection (2) and that act results in any information contained in the book of record or relevant document in question being incorrect or misleading in a material respect.
(2) A person does an act referred to in subsection (1) if he—

(a) makes, or causes to be made, an entry that he knows or ought reasonably to know to be false in any book of record or in any relevant document relating to a designated system;

(b) omits to make an entry in any book of record or in any relevant document relating to a designated system; or

(c) alters, abstracts, conceals or destroys an entry in any book of record or in any relevant document relating to a designated system, or causes any such entry to be altered, abstracted, concealed or destroyed.

(3) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable on conviction upon indictment to a fine of $1000000 and to imprisonment for 5 years.
(4) In this section, “relevant document relating to a designated system” (關乎指定系統的有關文件) means any report, slip, document or statement of the business, affairs, transactions, condition, assets or accounts of a designated system.