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(b)

offers to arrange or assist

the passage to, or through,

such waters; or

(c) does or offers to do an act

preparatory to or for the

purpose of arranging or

assisting the passage to, or

through, such waters,

of a person who is, or of a ship which

carries, a prohibited immigrant in such

circumstances that the prohibited immigrant

is likely to enter, or to seek to enter,

or to be brought into, Hong Kong commits

an offence and is liable -

(i) on conviction on indictment to

a fine of $5 000 000 and to

imprisonment for life;

(ii)

on summary conviction to a

fine of $100 000 and to

imprisonment for 3 years.

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