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POPABT (8)

APPENDIX

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"1.

Instigating or assisting any foreign state or national to invade, or wage war against, the PRC or dismember the territory of

the PRC.

2. Instigating or taking part in any act of armed rebellion against the lawful authority of the PRC or the SAR, or the use of armed force to put any constraint upon the lawful authorities of the PRC

or the SAR.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Conspiracy as regards 1 or 2.

Incitement of the armed forces to mutiny or any traitorous act.

Incitement of the armed forces or the police.

Various acts of sedition which have a tendency to provoke disorder or violence:

(A)

(B)

Inciting hatred or contempt against the CPG or the SARG; Inciting persons in the SAR or elsewhere in PRC to procure the alteration other than by lawful means of any matter by law established in SAR or elsewhere in PRC;

(C) Bringing the administration of justice into contempt; (D) Promoting feelings of ill will or emnity between different

classes of the population in SAR or elsewhere in PRC;

Counselling disobedience to law.

(E)

7. Espionage in respect of the PRC"

Such a law could also provide

"8.

(1) No prosecution shall be initiated under this law except on the authority of the prosecuting authority of the SAR.

(2) Offences under this law shall be tried on indictment in

the Supreme Court of the SAR."

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