THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 25, 1940.
notices.
74. Any authorized officer may, for any purpose con- Affixing of nected with defence, the prosecution of the war, the securing of the public safety, or the maintenance of supplies and services essential to the life of the community, affix any notice. to, or cause any notice to be displayed on, any premises. vehicle or vessel, and may, for the purpose of exercising any power conferred by this regulation, enter any premises at any time; and where any authorized officer affixés a notice, or causes a notice to be displayed, in pursuance of this regulation, no person other than an authorized officer shall remove, alter, deface or obliterate the notice.
75. If any person-
(1) in answer to any request made in pursuance of any of these regulations, or any order made under any of these regulations, makes any statement, or furnishes any informa- tion, which he knows or has reasonable cause to believe to be false in a material particular, or
(2) makes such a statement as aforesaid in any account, declaration, estimate. return or other document which he is required by an order under any of these regulations to make,
he shall be guilty of an offence against that regulation.
False statement,
76. No person shall obstruct any servant of His Majesty, Obstruction,
a police constable acting in the course of his duty as such, or any person exercising any powers, or performing any duties, conferred or imposed on him by or under any of these regulations, or otherwise discharging any lawful functions in connexion with defence or the securing of the public safety.
on disclosing information.
77. No person who obtains any information by virtue Restrictions of these regulations shall, otherwise than in connexion with the execution of these regulations or of an order, rule or by-law made under these regulations, disclose that informa- tion except with permission granted by the Governor.
78.--(1) Any person claiming to be the holder of any Licences, permit, licence or written permission granted or issued for permits, etc. the purposes of any of these regulations shall, on demand made in that behalf by any police constable or by any authorized officer, produced the permit, licence or permis- sion, as the case may be, to the person making the demand.
(2) If, with intent to deceive, any person alters or uses, or lends to, or allows to be used by any other person, a permit, licence or written permission granted or issued for the purposes of any of these regulations, or makes or has in his possession any document so closely resembling such a permit, licence or permission as to be calculated to deceive, he shall be guilty of an offence against this regulation.
(3) Any licence, permit or permission granted for the purposes of any of these regulations may be revoked at any time by the authority or person empowered to grant it.
licences, etc.
79. There may be charged in respect of the grant, Fees for renewal or issue of any licence, permit or other document for the purposes of any of these regulations, or any order made under any of these regulations, such fee, not exceeding one hundred dollars, as the Governor may by order deter-
mine.
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