Cap 494 s 16 False statements relating to baggage, cargo etc. (AVIATION SECURITY ORDINANCE)

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Chapter:	494	Title:	AVIATION SECURITY ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:
Section:	16	Heading:	False statements relating to baggage, cargo etc.	Version Date:	30/06/1997

(1) Any person who, in answer to a question which-

(a) relates to any baggage, cargo or stores (whether belonging to him or to another) that is or are intended for carriage by an aircraft registered or operating in Hong Kong; and

(b) is put to him for the purposes to which Part VIII applies-

(i) by any of the persons to whom subsection (2) applies;

(ii) by any employee or agent of such a person in his capacity as employee or agent; or

(iii) by a police officer,

makes a statement which he knows to be false or misleading in a material particular, or recklessly makes a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(2) This subsection applies to-

(a) the manager of an aerodrome;

(b) the operator of an aircraft registered or operating in Hong Kong; or

(i) is permitted to have access to a restricted area in an aerodrome for the purposes of the business carried on by him; or

(ii) has control in that restricted area over the baggage, cargo or stores to which the question relates.

(3) In this section-
"cargo" (貨物) includes mail;
"stores" (物料) means goods intended for sale or use in the restricted zone, including spare parts and other articles of equipment, whether or not for immediate fitting.

(Enacted 1996)