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(b) prohibit any person mentioned in paragraph (a) from—
(i) removing from the premises so specified any record or other document produced pursuant to a requirement under paragraph (a);
(ii) erasing, adding to or otherwise altering any entry or other particular contained in, or otherwise interfering in any manner whatsoever with, or causing or permitting any other person to interfere with, any such record or other document;
(c) take, in relation to any such record or other document, any other step which may appear necessary for preserving it and preventing interference with it.
(3) Any record or other document removed under this section may be retained for any period not exceeding the period of 6 months beginning on the day of its removal or, where the record or other document is required in connection with any criminal proceedings, for such longer period as may be necessary for the purposes of those proceedings.
(4) Where a person removes a record or other document under this section he shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, give a receipt for it, and he may permit any person who would be entitled to inspect it but for such removal to inspect the record or other document at any reasonable time and to make copies of and take extracts from it.
(5) Section 102 of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance (Cap. 221) shall apply to property which has come into the possession of the Commission under this section as it applies to property which has come into the possession of the police.
(6) A person who—
(a) without reasonable excuse fails to comply with any requirement or prohibition under subsection (2); or
(b) obstructs any person exercising a power conferred by subsection (2),
commits an offence.
37. Destruction etc. of documents
A person who destroys, falsifies, conceals or otherwise disposes of, or causes or permits the destruction, falsification, concealment or disposal of, any record or other document which is relevant to an inspection under section 30 or an investigation under section 33 commits an offence unless he proves that he had no intention of concealing from the authorized person or investigator facts capable of being disclosed by the record or other document.
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