Chapter:	155	Title:	BANKING ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:
Section:	97A	Heading:	False statements as to authorized status	Version Date:	30/06/1997

(1) Subject to section 97, no person shall describe himself, or otherwise hold himself out, so as to indicate, or reasonably be construed to indicate, that he is- (Amended 4 of 1997 s. 15)

(a) an authorized institution, or carrying on in Hong Kong the business of taking deposits, unless he is an authorized institution;
(b) a bank, or carrying on in Hong Kong banking business, unless he is a bank;
(c) a restricted licence bank unless he is a restricted licence bank;
(d) a deposit-taking company unless he is a deposit-taking company; or
(e) a local representative office unless he is a local representative office.

(a) on conviction upon indictment to a fine at tier 7 and to imprisonment for 2 years; or
(b) on summary conviction to a fine at tier 5 and to imprisonment for 6 months. (Amended 4 of 1997 s. 27)