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「為脅迫中央人民政府、香港特別行政區政府或者國際組織或者威嚇公眾以圖實現政治主張，組織、策劃、實施、參與實施或者威脅實施以下造成或者意圖造成嚴重社會危害的恐怖活動之一的，即屬犯罪：
(一) 針對人的嚴重暴力；
(二) 爆炸、縱火或者投放毒害性、放射性、傳染病病原體等物質；
(三) 破壞交通工具、交通設施、電力設備、燃氣設備或者其他易燃易爆設備；
(四) 嚴重干擾、破壞水、電、燃氣、交通、通訊、網絡等公共服務和管理的電子控制系統；
(五) 以其他危險方法嚴重危害公眾健康或者安全。」
32. In our judgment, NSL 22 served a very different purpose than that of NSL 24 in that the latter aimed at prohibiting “terrorist activities” causing or intended to cause grave harm to the society “with a view to coercing the Government” in order to pursue political agenda, whereas NSL 22 aimed at protecting the People’s Republic of China or the HKSAR in respect of: the basic system as established by the Constitution; the body of central power (sub-paragraph 1 and 2); the performance of legal duties and functions (sub-paragraph 3); and the performance of normal duties and functions (sub-paragraph 4).
33. Unless one were to stretch the meaning of “force or threat of force” in NSL 22 to the breaking point, the defence interpretation would produce a lacuna in the law and an absurdity which unduly limited the scope and hence reduced the effectiveness of the NSL as a means to
