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(Cap. 112.)

Legal advisers and privileged information.

PREVENTION OF BRIBERY BILL

(f) the manager of any bank to give to the Director copies of the accounts of such person or of his spouse, parents (2) or children at the bank, as shall be named in the notice. (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.

Every person on whom a notice under subsection (1) is served shall, notwithstanding, the provisions of any other law

Save only the provisions section 4 of the Inlaod Revenue Ordinance 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

twenty, a fine of thousand dollars and to imprisonment for one year.

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15. (1) Save as is provided in this section, nothing in this

Ordinance shall require the disclosure by a legal adviser of any

privileged information, communication, book, document or other article.

(2) A legal adviser shall comply with any requirement under -

(1) paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 13;

(ii) subsection (2) of section 13; and

(iii) subsection (2) of section 14,

notwithstanding that the effect of such compliance would be to

disclose any privileged information, communication, book, document

or other article.