Incilement to disaffection.
of the Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force from his duty and allegiance to Her Majesty: or
(b) to incite any such person-
(i) to commit an act of mutiny or any traitorous or mutinous act; or
(i) to make or endeavour to make a mutinous assembly,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction upon indictment to imprisonment for life.
8.
1934, 2, 56, J. 1.
(4)
(b)
1934, ~ 36. L. 30.
1934, e. 56. L. XI.
1934, 2. 56, «. 304),
(1) Any person who knowingly attempts to seduce- any member of Her Majesty's forces;
any member or officer of the Royal Hong Kong Regi- ment or of the Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force: (c) any police officer; or
(d) any member of the Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Police
Force:
from his duty or allegiance to Her Majesty shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) Any person who-
(0) knowing that any member or officer mentioned in sub- section (1) is about to desert or absent himself without leave, assists him in so doing; or
(b) knowing such member or officer to be a deserter or absentee without leave, conceals him or assists him to concealing himself or assists in his rescue from custody, shall be guilty of an offence.
(3) Any person who, with intent to commit or to aid, abet, counsel or procure the commission of an offence under subsection (1), has in his possession any document of such a nature that the dissemination of copies thereof among the members or officers mentioned in subsection (1) would constitute such an offence, shall be guilty of an offence.
(4) Any person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on conviction upon indictment to a one of five thousand dollars and to imprisonment for two years.
(5) The court by or before which a person is convicted of an offence under this section may order any documents connected with the offence to be destroyed or dealt with in such other manner as may be specified in the order; but no documents shall be destroyed before the expiration of the period within which an appoal may be lodged, and if an appeal is lodged no document shall be destroyed until after the appeal has been finally determined or abandoned.
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(6) No prosecution for an offence under this section shall be instituted without the consent of the Attorney General.
9. (1) If a judge is satisfied by information on oath that there is reasonable ground for suspecting that an offence under section 8 has been committed, and that evidence of the commission thereof is to be found at any premises or place specified in the information, he may grant a search warrant authorizing a police officer not below the rank of inspector, together with any other police officers-
(2) to enter the premises or place at any time within one month from the date of the warrant, if necessary by force;
(b) to search the premises or place and any person found
therein; and
(c) to seize anything found on the premises or place or on any such person which the officer has reasonable ground for suspecting to be evidence of the commission of such an offence,
(2) A woman shall not be searched, in pursuance of a warrant granted under subsection (1), except by a woman.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in subsection (1)––
(a)
a warrant shall only be granted under subsection (1) in respect of an offence suspected to have been committed within the three months prior to the laying of the information thereof;
(b) if a warrant under subsection (1) has been executed on any premises, the police officer who has conducted or directed the search shall-
(i) notify the occupier that the search has taken place. and supply him on request with a list of any documents or other objects which have been removed from the premises; and
(ii) where any documents have been removed from any other person, supply that person with a list of such documents;
(c) anything seized under subsection (1) may be retained for a period not exceeding one month, or if within that period proceedings are commenced for an offence under section 8, until the conclusion of those proceedings; and
(d) section 102 of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance (which makes provision for the disposal of property connected with offences) shall apply to property which has come into the possession of the police under this section as it
1934, ¢ 56, & HD,
Power to search and prevent offences under section $.
Tet. 1934, c. 56
(Cap. 221)