Crimes Ordinance
Part II
2-20
Section 17
Cap. 200
(iii) to provoke a breach of the peace;
(iv) to be of any association or society, formed
for the purpose of doing any act mentioned in
subparagraph (i), (ii) or (iii);
(v) to obey the orders or commands of any committee
or body of men not lawfully constituted, or of any
leader or commander or other person not having
authority by law for that purpose;
(vi) not to inform or give evidence against any
associate or other person;
(vii) not to reveal or discover any unlawful association
or society or any illegal act done or to be done, or
any illegal oath or engagement that may have been
administered or tendered to or taken by himself or
any other person, or the import of any such oath or
engagement; or
(b) takes any such oath or engagement, not being compelled
to do so,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction upon
indictment to imprisonment for 7 years.
[cf. 1797 c. 123 ss. 1 & 5 U.K.]
17.
Compulsion in taking unlawful oaths
It shall be no defence to a charge under section 15 or 16 that the
person charged was compelled to take any oath or engagement
mentioned therein, unless—
(a) within 14 days after taking it; or
(b) if prevented by actual force or sickness, within 14 days
after the termination of such prevention,
the person charged declares—
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