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otherwise prejudicial to the sovereignty of the

United Kingdom in Bermuda; or

(b) if compliance with the requirement would be

prejudicial to the security of Bermuda or to the

relations of the government of the United Kingdom

or of Bermuda with the government of any other

country.

(3) A requirement such as is mentioned in subsection

(1) (a) above is also inadmissible

(a) if it is made otherwise than for the purposes of

civil or criminal proceedings which have been

instituted in the overseas country; or

(b) if it requires a person to state what documents

relevant to any such proceedings are or have been

in his possession, custody or power or to produce

for the purposes of any such proceedings any

documents other than particular documents specified

in the requirement.

(4) Directions under subsection (1) above may be either

general or special and may prohibit compliance with any

requirement either absolutely or in such cases or subject

to such conditions as to consent or otherwise as may be

specified in the directions; and general directions under

that subsection shall be published in such manner as appears to the Minister to be appropriate.

(5) For the purposes of this section the making of a

request or demand shall be treated as the imposition of a

requirement if it is made in circumstances in which a

requirement to the same effect could be or could have been imposed; and

(a) any request or demand for the supply of a document

or information which, pursuant to the requirement of any court, tribunal or authority of an overseas country, is addressed to a person in Bermuda; Or

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