Chapter:	594	Title:	TSING SHA CONTROL AREA ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:	L.N. 27 of 2008
Section:	17	Heading:	Making false statements and omitting material particulars	Version Date:	21/03/2008

(1) A person who makes a false statement in giving any information or particulars required under section 13, 14 or 16 commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(2) In any proceedings for an offence under subsection (1), it is a defence for the person charged to prove that he did not know and had no reason to believe the statement to be false.
(3) A person who omits any material particular in giving any information or particulars required under section 13, 14 or 16 commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(4) In any proceedings for an offence under subsection (3), it is a defence for the person charged to prove that he did not know, and could not with reasonable diligence have ascertained, the material particular required.