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Method
of making application and power To call for evidence in support.
Publication of information.
Power to issue, etc.
restore to the register the name of any person for such period or periods as he may decide.
(4) The Director may publish or cause or allow publication of the name and address of any person or groups of persons whose name or names are entered in or deleted from such register as he in his absolute discretion may think fit.
8. (1) Any person or group of persons who wish to be entered upon the register maintained under the provisions of regulation 7 or who wish to be issued with a certificate shall apply to the Director in such manner and in such form as the Director may prescribe.
(2) For the purposes of registration or continuation of registration or the issue of a certificate, the Director or an authorized officer may require an applicant to maintain or to furnish in such form as he may provide such records or information as he may specify relating to the manufacture, processing or production and sale of goods by such applicant whether or not such goods have been exported or are to be exported and whether or not such goods are included or have been included or are to be included on any certificate under these regulations and may further require any information so furnished to be prepared or certified or both prepared and certified by an approved accountant.
(3) As a condition precedent to registration and as a condition of continuation of registration the Director may require an applicant to give such undertaking as to the conduct of his business as the Director may require.
9. The Director or an authorized officer may publish or cause or allow publication of any information obtained by him under regulation 8:
Provided that no information relating to or identifiable with any person or to or with goods manufactured, processed, produced and sold or exported by him may be published without the consent in writing of such person first having been obtained.
10. The Director or an authorized officer may in his absolute dis- cretion and without assigning any reason therefor—
(a) issue or refuse to issue a certificate;
(b) impose such conditions on the issue of any certificate or type of certificate or in respect of any class or type of goods for which a certificate may be issued as he may decide; and
(c) revoke any certificate issued under regulation 6.
IL (0) Any person who without lawful authority-
(a) uses a certificate in respect of an article other than an article of the origin, description, quality or Commonwealth or Hong Kong content specifled in such certificate:
(b) exports an article which is the subject matter of a certificate to a place or in a manner other than specified in the application pursuant to which such certificate has been issued;
(c) makes or causes to be made to any certificate issued under these regulations any alteration whether by addition, insertion, obliteration, erasure, removul or otherwise;
(d) substitures or permits, suffers, or allows any other person to substitute any article whatsoever for any other article in respect of which a certificate has been issued under these regulations, shall be guilty of an offence and upon summary conviction shall be fiable to a fine of one hundred thousand dollars and to imprisonment for one year.
(2) Any person who-
(7) with intent to deceive makes or gives or causes to be made or given any false or incorrect statement in any declaration or any information whatsoever whether verbal or in writing required by the Director or an authorized officer under these regulations; (b) with intent to deccive makes or gives or causes to be made or given any false or incorrect information in any document which he knows or has reason to believe may be used in support of an application for registration or for the issue of a certificate made under the provisions of regulation &;
(c) is in breach of any undertaking or part thereof given under
the provisions of regulation 8,
shall be guilty of an offence and upon summary conviction shall be hable to a fine of fifty thousand dollars and to imprisonment for one year.
(3) Where a person convicted of an offence under these regula- tions is a company, every director and every officer concerned in the management of the company shall be guilty of the like offence unless he proves that the act constituting the offence took place without his knowledge or conscat.
Otiences.
12. Any person who authorizes another person (hereinafter re- Liability of ferred to as the agent) to act for him in relation to anything required principals. to be done under any of these regulations shall be liable for the acts and omissious of the agent, and may accordingly be prosecuted for any offence committed by the agent with respect to any such act or omission
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