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Safeguarding National Security Ordinance

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Part 4
Offences in connection with State Secrets and Espionage

Division 1—Offences in connection with State Secrets

29. Interpretation

In this Division—

disclose (披露), in relation to a document or other article, includes parting with possession of the document or article, and disclosing the information contained in the document or article;

government contractor (政府承辦商) means a person who is not a public officer but who provides, or is employed in the provision of, goods or services—

(a) for the purposes of the Government; or

(b) under an agreement or arrangement that is certified by the Chief Executive as being an agreement or arrangement to which the authority of a region or place, the government of a foreign country (including an institution under the government) or an international organization is a party, or that is subordinate to, or made for the purposes of implementing, any such agreement or arrangement;

information (資料), except in section 33 or 34, includes—

(a) information stored by electronic means; and

(b) message or intelligence that is not stored on any medium;