19. Obtaining information from persons who are not registered
(1) The Director may require a person who carries on a food importation business or a business that supplies food in Hong Kong by wholesale but who is not registered under this Part in respect of that business to provide any information that the person would be required to provide to the Director in, or in relation to, an application for registration or renewal of registration under this Part if the person were required to be so registered.
(2) A requirement under subsection (1) must be made in writing.
(3) A person commits an offence if the person—
- (a) without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a requirement made under subsection (1); or
- (b) in purported compliance with a requirement made under subsection (1)—
- (i) provides information that the person knows is false in a material particular; or
- (ii) recklessly provides information that is false in a material particular.
(4) A person who commits an offence under subsection (3) is liable to a fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 3 months.
20. Providing false information in relation to registration or renewal
(1) A person commits an offence if in, or in relation to, an application for registration or renewal of registration under this Part, the person—
- (a) provides information or a document that the person knows is false in a material particular; or
- (b) recklessly provides information or a document that is false in a material particular.
(2) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable to a fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 3 months.
