Safeguarding National Security Ordinance
specified harm (指明傷害), in relation to a person, means—
- (a) psychological harm to the person;
- (b) harm causing the person to be concerned for the person’s safety or well-being; or
- (c) harm causing the person to be concerned for damage to the property of the person;
specified person (指明人士) means—
- (a) any of the personnel of any department or agency that handles cases concerning national security, or is responsible for the work on safeguarding national security, in the HKSAR; or
- (b) a judicial officer, staff member of the Judiciary, counsel or solicitor, who handles a case concerning national security.
120. Specified Court may on application take anonymity measures
(1) If a specified Court is satisfied that it is necessary for safeguarding national security to take certain measures in relation to any existing or contemplated proceedings (regardless of whether the proceedings concern a case concerning national security, and regardless of whether the proceedings take place in that Court or any other Court) to protect the identity of any specified person from disclosure, the specified Court may, on ex parte application by the Secretary for Justice, order the measures be taken.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), an order made under that subsection may prohibit a person from disclosing—
- (a) information that shows the identity of a specified person; or
- (b) information from which the identity of a specified person may be inferred.
