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Addition of

new section 30A.

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12. The principal Ordinance is amended by adding

after section 30 the following

"Protection

30A. (1) Save as provided in

of

informers.

subsection (2)

(a) no information for an offence

under this Ordinance shall be

admitted in evidence in any

civil or criminal proceeding;

and

(b) no witness in any civil or

criminal proceeding shall be

obliged

(i) to disclose the name or

address of any informer who has

given information to the

Commissioner with respect to

an offence under this Ordinance

or of any person who has

assisted the Commissioner in

any way with respect to such

an offence; or

(ii)

to answer any question if

the answer there to would lead,

or would tend to lead, to

discovery of the name or address

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