CONFIDENTIAL
PART II
CONTROL OF PERSONS AND ORGANISATIONS
WHICH POSE A THREAT TO SECURITY
INTRODUCTION
7
The responsibility for the surveillance and control of persons and organizations which threaten security rests, especially, with the Police. The Commissioner has various powers in relation to the control of meetings and, as Societies Officer, in relation to the setting-up and subsequent behaviour of organizations. Information on persons and groups engaged, or likely to become engaged, in subversion, espionage or sabotage is provided by the Director of Special Branch. In addition to keeping CP informed, DSB also maintains close contact with the Secretary for Security and the Political Adviser and, when necessary, other senior officers of the Government.
POWERS
2.
Appropriate
powers
for
use against included in the
subversive persons or groups are
Ordinance
200),
Crimes
(Cap.
the Emergency Regulations Ordinance (Cap. 241), the Immigration Ordinance (Cap. 115), the Public Order Ordinance (Cap. 245) and the Societies Ordinance (Cap. 151). In particular, the Crimes Ordinance covers such offences as treason, incitement to mutiny, incitement to disaffection and various crimes of a seditious A seditious intention is defined by section 9 of the Ordinance as, among other things, intention :
nature.
(a) "to bring into hatred or contempt or
to excite disaffection against Government of Hong Kong
(b)
"to excite
"; or
(the) inhabitants of
the
Hong Kong to attempt to procure the
alteration,
means,
otherwise than by lawful
of any other matter in Hong Kong
as by law established"; or
an
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