TNAG-1365-FCO40-1811-Hong-Kong-Legislative-Council-(Powers-and-Privileges)-Bill-1-1985 — Page 174

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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (POWERS AND PRIVILEGES) Bill

declarations and other false statements without oath) of the Crimes Ordinance, [(Cap. 200.) against such witness for any act or thing done by him before that time and revealed by his evidence and may award to such witness any expenses incurred by him in defending such proceedings.

17. Any person who-

PART IV

OFFENCES AND PENALTIES

(a) disobeys any order made by the Council or a committee requiring him to attend or produce any papers, books, documents or records before the Council or committee, unless such attendance or production is excused under section 13; or

(b) refuses to be examined before, or to answer any lawful and relevant question put by, the Council or a committee during the course of any examination. unless such refusal is excused under section 13; or

(c) creates or joins in any disturbance which interrupts or is likely to interrupt the proceedings of the Council or a committee while the Council or such committee is sitting; or

(d) commits any act of intentional disrespect to or with reference to the proceedings of the Council or a committee or to any person presiding at such proceedings,

commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $10.000 and to imprisonment for 12 months, and in the case of a continuing offence to a further fine of $2,000 for each day on which the offence continues.

Contempts.

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False evidence

18. (1) Any person who before the Council or a committee intentionally gives a false answer to any question material to the subject of inquiry which may be put to and deception. him during the course of any examination commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $50,000 and to imprisonment for 3 years.

(2) Any person who presents to the Council or a committee any false, untrue, fabricated or falsified document with intent to deceive the Council or such committee, unless such presentation constitutes an offence under subsection (1), commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $10,000 and to imprisonment for 12 months.

19. Any person who--

Interference with members, officers

(a) offers to any member or officer of the Council any bribe, fee, compensation, or witnesses.

gift or reward in order to influence him in his conduct as such member or officer, or in respect of the promotion of or opposition to any Bill. resolution, matter, rules or thing submitted to or intended to be submitted to the Council or a committee; or

(b) assaults, obstructs, molests or insults any member going to, being within or going from the precincts of the Chamber, or endeavours to compel any member by force, insult or menace to declare himself in favour of or against any proposition or matter pending or expected to be brought before the Council or a committee; or

(c) assaults, interferes with, molests, resists or obstructs any officer of the

Council while in the execution of his duty; or

(d) tampers with, deters, threatens, molests or in any way unduly influences any witness in regard to any evidence to be given by him before the Council or a committee; or

(e) threatens, molests or in any way punishes or injures or attempts to punish or injure any person for having given evidence before the Council or a committee or on account of any evidence which he has given before the Council or a committee,

commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $10,000 and to imprisonment for 12 months.