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1987 Ed.]

Prevention of Bribery

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at any bank, company or other place there is any account, book, document, safe-deposit box or other article liable to investigation, inspection or production under such autho- rization. (Amended, 9 of 1974, s. 5 and 50 of 1987, s. 5) (b) A requirement under paragraph (a) shall be made in writing and any statement therein as to the existence of the appropriate authorization under subsection (1) shall be accepted as true without further proof of the fact.

(3) Any person who, having been lawfully required under this section to disclose any information or to product any accounts, books, documents, safe-deposit box or other article to an investigat- ing officer authorized under subsection (1), shall, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary save only the provisions of section 4 of the Inland Revenue Ordinance, comply with such requirement, and any such person who fails or neglects, without reasonable excuse, so to do, and any person who obstructs any such investigating officer in the execution of the authorization given under subsection (1), shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $20,000 and to imprisonment for 1 year. (Amended, 9 of 1974, s. 5)

(4) Any person who falsely represents that an appropriate authorization has been given under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $20,000 and to imprisonment for 1 year.

14. (1) In the course of any investigation into, or proceedings relating to, an offence alleged or suspected to have been committed by any person under this Ordinance, the Commissioner may by written notice require-

(a) such person to furnish to the investigating officer specified in such notice a statutory declaration or, as the Commis- sioner sees fit, a statement in writing, enumerating-

(i) the property, being property in such categories or classes of property, movable or immovable, as may be specified in such notice, belonging to or possessed by, or which at any time during the 3 years immediately preceding the date of such notice or during such shorter period as may be specified in such notice belonged to or was pos- sessed by, such person, his agents or trustees, specifying in respect of each property enumerated whether it is or was possessed jointly (and, if so, with whom) or severally; and specifying the date upon which, and the person from whom, each such property was acquired and whether by purchase, gift, bequest, inheritance or otherwise, and, where it was acquired by purchase, specifying the con- sideration paid therefor; and in respect of any property enumerated which has been disposed of, whether by sale, gift or otherwise, at any time during the 3 years immedi- ately preceding the date of the notice or such shorter

(Cap. 112.)

Power to obtain information.