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[Subsidiary]

CAP. 241] Emergency (Principal) Regulations.

[1967 Ed.

(a) any instructions for utilizing any means of secretly conveying, receiving or recording information;

(b) any substance or article manufactured or designed for the purpose of secretly conveying, receiving or recording information; or

(2) Any person who has in his possession any such instructions as are mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) shall, if requested by or on behalf of a competent authority so to do, deliver up those instructions to such authority or person as may be specified in the request.

(3) Any person who has in his possession, in contravention of this regulation, any substance or article manufactured or designed for the purpose of secretly conveying, receiving or recording information, shall, if requested by a competent authority so to do, deliver up that substance or article to such authority or person as may be specified in the request.

(4) Nothing in paragraph (2) or (3) shall be taken to prevent the prosecution of any person in respect of a contravention of paragraph (1).

(5) Any person convicted of an offence against paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall-

(a) on summary conviction, be liable to a fine of five thousand dollars and to imprisonment for two years; or

(b) on conviction on indictment, be liable to a fine of ten thousand dollars and to imprisonment for fourteen years.

(6) In this regulation the expression "instructions for utilizing any means of secretly conveying, receiving or recording information" includes any code or cipher, but paragraph (1) shall not apply-

(a) to the possession of—

(i) any code or cipher the use of which is approved by a competent authority; or

(ii) any document conveying or recording information by means of such a code or cipher, being a document which specifies in clear the code or cipher used; or

(b) to the use, in accordance with conditions imposed by or on behalf of a competent authority, of any such code or cipher as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph,

and shall not restrict the doing of anything by any servant of Her Majesty or police officer acting in the course of his duty as such.

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P 22 [Subsidiary] CAP. 241] Emergency (Principal) Regulations. [1967 Ed. (a) any instructions for utilizing any means of secretly conveying, receiving or recording information; (b) any substance or article manufactured or designed for the purpose of secretly conveying, receiving or recording information; or (c) any document or other article secretly conveying or recording any information. (2) Any person who has in his possession any such instructions as are mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) shall, if requested by or on behalf of a competent authority so to do, deliver up those instructions to such authority or person as may be specified in the request. (3) Any person who has in his possession, in contravention of this regulation, any substance or article manufactured or designed for the purpose of secretly conveying, receiving or recording information, shall, if requested by a competent authority so to do, deliver up that substance or article to such authority or person as may be specified in the request. (4) Nothing in paragraph (2) or (3) shall be taken to prevent the prosecution of any person in respect of a contravention of paragraph (1). (5) Any person convicted of an offence against paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall- (a) on summary conviction, be liable to a fine of five thousand dollars and to imprisonment for two years; or (b) on conviction on indictment, be liable to a fine of ten thousand dollars and to imprisonment for fourteen years. (6) In this regulation the expression "instructions for utilizing any means of secretly conveying, receiving or recording information" includes any code or cipher, but paragraph (1) shall not apply- (a) to the possession of— (i) any code or cipher the use of which is approved by a competent authority; or (ii) any document conveying or recording information by means of such a code or cipher, being a document which specifies in clear the code or cipher used; or (b) to the use, in accordance with conditions imposed by or on behalf of a competent authority, of any such code or cipher as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph, and shall not restrict the doing of anything by any servant of Her Majesty or police officer acting in the course of his duty as such.

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P 22 [Subsidiary] CAP. 241] Emergency (Principal) Regulations. [1967 Ed. (a) any instructions for utilizing any means of secretly con- veying, receiving or recording information; (b) any substance or article manufactured or designed for the purpose of secretly conveying, receiving or recording information; or (c) any document or other article secretly conveying or recording any information. (2) Any person who has in his possession any such instructions as are mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) shall, if requested by or on behalf of a competent authority so to do, deliver up those instructions to such authority or person as may be specified in the request. (3) Any person who has in his possession, in contravention of this regulation, any substance or article manufactured or designed for the purpose of secretly conveying, receiving or recording informa- tion, shall, if requested by a competent authority so to do, deliver up that substance or article to such authority or person as may be specified in the request. (4) Nothing in paragraph (2) or (3) shall be taken to prevent the prosecution of any person in respect of a contravention of paragraph (1). (5) Any person convicted of an offence against paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall- (a) on summary conviction, be liable to a fine of five thousand dollars and to imprisonment for two years; or (b) on conviction on indictment, be liable to a fine of ten thousand dollars and to imprisonment for fourteen years. (6) In this regulation the expression "instructions for utilizing any means of secretly conveying, receiving or recording information" includes any code or cipher, but paragraph (1) shall not apply- (a) to the possession of— (i) any code or cipher the use of which is approved by a competent authority; or (ii) any document conveying or recording information by means of such a code or cipher, being a document which specifies in clear the code or cipher used; or (b) to the use, in accordance with conditions imposed by or on behalf of a competent authority, of any such code or cipher as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph, and shall not restrict the doing of anything by any servant of Her Majesty or police officer acting in the course of his duty as such.

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P 22

[Subsidiary]

CAP. 241] Emergency (Principal) Regulations.

[1967 Ed.

(a) any instructions for utilizing any means of secretly con-

veying, receiving or recording information;

(b) any substance or article manufactured or designed for the purpose of secretly conveying, receiving or recording information; or

recording any information.

(3) Any person who has in his possession, in contravention of this regulation, any substance or article manufactured or designed for the purpose of secretly conveying, receiving or recording informa- tion, shall, if requested by a competent authority so to do, deliver up that substance or article to such authority or person as may be specified in the request.