ais possession by virtue of his position is much but otheri te than
1:3 mentioned in subsection (1) above.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (3) above a disclosure is
damaging if -
(a)
it causes damage to the work of, or of any part of,
the security and intelligence services;
(5)
(b)
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it is of information or a document or other article
which is such that its unauthorised disclosure would
be likely to cause such damage or which falls within
a class or description of information, documents or
articles the unauthorised disclosure of which would
be likely to have that effect:.
It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under
this section to prove that at the time of the alleged offerce he did
not know, and had no reasonable cause to believe, that the
information, document or article in question related to security or
intelligence or, in the case of an offence under subsection (3),
that the disclosure would be damaging within the meaning of that
subsection.
(6)
Notification that a person is subject to subsection (1)
above shall be effected by a notice in writing served on him by the
Governor and such a notice may be served if, in the Governor's
opinion, the work undertaken by the person in question is or
includes work connected with the security and intelligence servic
and its nature is such that the interests of the security of Hong
Kong of the national security of the United Kingdom require that he
should be subject to the provisions of that subsection.