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SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
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Top Secret.
Secret.
Confidential.
To:-
Restricted. Unclassified.
PRIVACY MARKING
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case
Type 1 +
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Telephone No. & Ext.
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be called upon to make
and that the
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prosecution
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his or her
from refusal Buy
Clause 15
No amendment of real substance
has been made to this clause
although the
Clause 15(4) exempta a Legal Adviser from any requirement under Clause 15(2) or (3) to disclose any privileged information, document, etc. which is in his possession "for the purpose of any proceedings before a Court",
But Clause 15(2) compels a Legal Adviser to divulge any information, whether privileged or not, which may be required under Clauses 13(1)(b), 13(2) and 14(2). The power conferred by these latter Clauses to require the divulging of information is a very wide one and may be exercised "if the Attorney-General is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that an offence under this ordinance has been committed by any person", 1.e. before any charge is laid and, consequently, before there are "any proceedings before a Court".
It would, therefore, be possible to require a Legal Adviser to divulge any privileged information before a charge is laid, i.e. before Clause 15(4) becomes operative,
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