Cap 537AF s 4 Prohibition against procurement of certain items by certain persons* (UNITED NATIONS SANCTIONS (IRAN) REGULATION; UNITED NATIONS SANCTIONS ORDINANCE)

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Chapter:	537AF	Title:	UNITED NATIONS SANCTIONS (IRAN) REGULATION	Gazette Number:	L.N. 49 of 2011
Section:	4	Heading:	Prohibition against procurement of certain items by certain persons*	Version Date:	25/03/2011

(Cross-heading repealed L.N. 49 of 2011)

(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. (L.N. 49 of 2011)

(1A) A person must not procure, agree to procure, directly or indirectly, or do any act likely to promote the procurement of any specified item—

(a) from Iran; or

(b) from a person connected with Iran. (L.N. 49 of 2011)

(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1A) commits an offence and is liable— (L.N. 49 of 2011)

(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.

(3) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (2) to prove that the person did not know and had no reason to believe—

(a) that the item concerned was a specified item; or

(b) that the item concerned was—

(i) from Iran; or

(ii) from a person connected with Iran. (L.N. 49 of 2011)

(4) (Repealed L.N. 49 of 2011)
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*(Amended L.N. 49 of 2011)