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PHGE 14

GUVERNMENT HUUSE HUNG KUNG

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the question whether a disclosure is damaging shall be Jetermined for the purposes of this subsection as it would be in relation to a disclosure of that information, document or article by

selvalle in contravention of section 1(3), 2(1) or 3(1) above.

(4)

a person does not commit an offence under subsection (2) in respect of information or a document or other article which has come into his possession as a result of having been disclosed

welllioned in subsection (1) (a) (i) above by a

(b)

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government contractor; or

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

Less that disclosure was by a British national or Hong Kong

permanent resident or took place in Hong Kong.

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{ } For the purposes of this section information or a document or article is protected against disclosure by the foregoing

VASLUIS WI This act if

(a)

(b)

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

1, 2 or 3 above or is such as is mentioned in section

(1) (D) above; or

it is information or a document or article to which section 4 above applies;

Information or a document or article is protected against wisclosure by sections 1 to 3 above if it falls within paragraph (a)

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A person is guilty of an offence if without lawful authority he discloses any information, document or article which he huuwb, or nas reasonable cause to believe, to have come into his pussessium as a result of a contravention of section 1 of the

official Secrets Act 1911.

[1911 c. 28]