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or other premises in which a company to which this section applies carries on business; and

(b) that permission to enter such building or premises has been

refused or that entry is likely to be refused,

issue a warrant authorizing a person authorized under subsection (1) to enter such building or premises, and such person may exercise therein the powers specified in subsection (1).

(4) A person who is a director or a servant of a company to which this section applies shall assist and shall not obstruct a person exercising a power under this section in respect of such company.

(5) Any book, record or other document removed under this section may be retained for any period not exceeding the period of 6 months beginning on the day of its removal or, where the book, record or other document is required in connection with any criminal proceedings, for such longer period as may be necessary for

for the purposes of those proceedings.

(6) Where a person removes a book, record or other document under this section he shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, give a receipt for it, and he shall permit any person who would be entitled to inspect it but for such removal to inspect the document at any reasonable time and to make copies of and take extracts from it; but any such permission shall be subject to such reasonable conditions as to security or otherwise as the Authority may impose.

(7) Every person exercising any power under subsection (1) shall upon request, produce for inspection evidence of his identity and of his authorization under subsection (1).

(8) This section applies to a company that is a licensee or a subsidiary (within the meaning of section 2 of the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32)) of a licensee.

23. Confidential material to be safeguarded

(1) Subject to subsection (2)—

(a) any information which is furnished, and any book, record or other document which is produced, by a licensee to a person authorized under section 22(1), thereby, shall be confidential; and (b) unless the licensee otherwise permits and except in accordance with such permission no such information or book, record or other document or any copy thereof shall be divulged or shown to any person other than in confidence to members of the Authority or any committee of the Authority, or to a public officer acting in the performance of his duties under or for the purposes of this Ordinance.

(2) Subsection (1) shall not be construed as prohibiting the disclosure of information-

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