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premises, by empowering the officer authorized to carry
out a search to detain any person found in the premises
until the search is completed.
11.
An important aspect of the fight against
corruption is the confidence of the public that when
they make complaints to the Commission, their identity
will not be disclosed without their consent. It is
considered desirable that this aspect be reinforced by a
statutory provision protecting the identities of
informers. Accordingly, clause 12 adds a new section to
the principal Ordinance to provide that no information
for an offence under the Ordinance shall be admitted
in any proceedings and no witness in any proceedings
shall disclose the identity of an informer or answer
any question that would lead, or tend to lead, to the
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discovery of an informer's identity.
However, this
protection can be remove if the court -
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(a) in any proceedings for an offence under the
Ordinance is satisfied that the informer
wilfully made a false statement; or
(b) in any other proceedings, is of opinion that
justice cannot be fully done without the
disclosure of the identity of an informer.
Clause 13 extends the time limit for bringing
prosecutions for summary offences under the principal
Ordinance. However, where a person has committed a
summary offence under the Ordinance and is now immune
from prosecution under section 26 of the Magistrates
Ordinance, because he was not prosecuted within 6 months
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