THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 26, 1939.
(2) Any person who has in his possession any such in- structions as are mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) of this regulation shall, if requested by or on behalf of the Governor so to do, deliver up those instructions to such authority or person as may be specified in the request.
(3) Any person who has in his possession, in contraven- tion of this regulation, any substance or article manufactured or designed for the purpose of secretly conveying, receiving or recording information shall, if requested by or on behalf of the Governor so to do, deliver up that substance or article to such authority or person as may be specified in the request.
(4) Nothing in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this regulation shall be taken to prevent the prosecution of any person in respect of a contravention of paragraph (1) of this regulation.
(5) In this regulation the expression "instructions for utilising any means of secretly conveying, receiving or recording information "includes any code or cipher, but paragraph (1) of this regulation shall not apply---
(a) to the possession of--
(i) any code or cipher the use of which is approved by the Governor, or
(ii) any document conveying or recording information by means of such a code or cipher, being a document which specifics in clear the code or cipher used, or
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(b) to the use, in accordance with conditions imposed by overnor, of any such code or cipher as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph,
and shall not restrict the doing of anything by any servant of His Majesty or police constable acting in the course of his duty as such,
73. Without prejudice to any special provisions contain- ed in these regulations, any person shall, on being requested by a competent authority so to do, furnish or produce to such authority or person as may be specified in the request any such information or article in his possession as may be so specified, being information or an article which the com- petent authority considers it necessary or expedient in the interests of public safety, defence or the efficient prosecution of the war to obtain or examine.
75. If any person--
(1) in answer to any request made in pursuance of any of these regulations, or any order made under any of these regulations, makes any statement, or furnishes any informa- tion, which he knows or has reasonable cause to believe to be false in a material particular, or
(2) makes such a statement as aforesaid in any account, declaration, estimate, return or other document which he is required by an order under any of these regulations to make,
he shall be guilty of an offence against that regulation.
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76. No person shall obstruct any servant of His Majesty, Obstruction. a police constable acting in the course of his duty as such, or any person exercising any powers, or performing any duties, conferred or imposed on him by or under any of these regulations, or otherwise discharging any lawful functions in connexion with defence or the securing of the public safety.
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