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(b) as mentioned in subsection (1) (a) (iii) above

unless that disclosure was by a British national or Hong Ko 19

permanent resident or took place in Hong Kong.

(5) For the purposes of this section information or a document

or article is protected against disclosure by the foregoing

provisions of this Act if

(a)

(b)

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it relates to security or intelligence, defence or international relations within the meaning of section

is mentioned in section

1, 2 or 3 above or is such as

3(1)(b) above; or

it is information or a document or article to which

section 4 above applies;

and information or a document or article is protected agairst disclosure by sections 1 to 3 above if it falls within paragraph (a)

above.

(6) A person is guilty of an offence if without lawful authority he discloses any information, document or article which he knows, or has reasonable cause to believe, to have come int.c his

possession as a result of a contravention of section 1 of the

Official Secrets Act 1911.

[191 c. 28]

6.

Information entrusted in confidence to other States or international organisations

(1) This section applies where -

(i)

(a) any information, document or article which -

relates to security or intelligence,

defence or international relations; and

has been communicated in confidence by or

on behalf of the Government of Hong Kong or

(ii)

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