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Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse Ordinance

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(i) the same, or substantially the same, serious harm suffered by the child; or

(ii) the same, or substantially the same, real risk of the child suffering serious harm;

(c) the professional had made a report before the material time in respect of—

(i) the same, or substantially the same, serious harm suffered by the child; or

(ii) the same, or substantially the same, real risk of the child suffering serious harm; or

(d) the professional honestly and reasonably believes that another specified professional had made a report at or before the material time in respect of—

(i) the same, or substantially the same, serious harm suffered by the child; or

(ii) the same, or substantially the same, real risk of the child suffering serious harm.

(3) Without limiting the definition of report in section 2, a reference to a report in subsection (2)(c) and (d) includes a notification in any way to an Authority before this Ordinance comes into operation.

(4) A specified professional who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable—

(a) on summary conviction—to a fine at level 5; or

(b) on conviction on indictment—to a fine at level 5 and to imprisonment for 3 months.

(5) In this section—

material time (關鍵時間) means the time at which the ground mentioned in subsection (1) comes to the notice of the specified professional;