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Legal advisers and privileged information.
PREVENTION OF BRIBERY BILL
(ƒ) the manager of any bank to give to the Director copies of the accounts of such person or of his spouse, parents or children at the bank.
(2) A notice under subsection (1) shall be served on the person to whom it is addressed either personally or by registered post addressed to his last known place of business or residence.
(3) Every person on whom a notice under subsection (1) is served shall, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, comply with the terms of that notice within such time as may be specified therein or within such further time as the Attorney General may, in his discretion, authorize, and any person who, without reasonable excuse, neglects or fails so to comply shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars and to imprisonment for one year.
15. (1) For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that, except as provided in subsections (2) to (4), nothing in this Ordinance shall require the disclosure by a legal adviser of any privileged information or communication given or made to him in that capacity, but where disclosure of information is, by reason of subsection (2), (3) or (4), lawfully required, the existence in respect of such information of privilege shall not constitute any excuse under subsection (3) of section 13 or subsection (3) of section 14 for the non-disclosure thereof.
(2) Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 13 is applicable in relation to any account, book or article kept by a solicitor and relating to the affairs of or belonging to a client of his:
Provided that where, under that paragraph, production of an account or book is required from a solicitor, production of a copy of all relevant entries therein respecting the particular matter upon which information is sought shall be sufficient compliance with such requirement if the copy is certified by the solicitor as being a correct copy of all relevant entries in such account or book respecting the particular matter aforesaid.
(3) The information referred to in subsection (2) of section 13 may be required from a legal adviser as from any other person.
(4) The powers conferred by paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of section 14 include the power to require information from, and to require the attendance for the purpose of answering questions of— (a) any person, or any employee of any person, who has acted for or is acting for any party to any particular land or property transaction; and