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PART II

CONTROL OF PERSONS AND ORGANISATIONS

WHICH POSE A THREAT TO SECURITY

INTRODUCTION

7

The responsibility for the surveillance and control of persons and organizations which threaten security rests, especially, with the Police. The Commissioner has various powers in relation to the control of meetings and, as Societies Officer, in relation to the setting-up and subsequent behaviour of organizations. Information on persons and groups engaged, or likely to become engaged, in subversion, espionage or sabotage is provided by the Director of Special Branch. In addition to keeping CP informed, DSB also maintains close contact with the Secretary for Security and the Political Adviser and, when necessary, other senior officers of the Government.

POWERS

2.

Appropriate

powers

for

use against included in the

subversive persons or groups are

Ordinance

200),

Crimes

(Cap.

the Emergency Regulations Ordinance (Cap. 241), the Immigration Ordinance (Cap. 115), the Public Order Ordinance (Cap. 245) and the Societies Ordinance (Cap. 151). In particular, the Crimes Ordinance covers such offences as treason, incitement to mutiny, incitement to disaffection and various crimes of a seditious A seditious intention is defined by section 9 of the Ordinance as, among other things, intention :

nature.

(a) "to bring into hatred or contempt or

to excite disaffection against Government of Hong Kong

(b)

"to excite

"; or

(the) inhabitants of

the

Hong Kong to attempt to procure the

alteration,

means,

otherwise than by lawful

of any other matter in Hong Kong

as by law established"; or

an

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