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Safeguarding National Security Ordinance

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(c) a member of the Executive Council;

(d) a member of the Legislative Council;

(e) a member of a District Council;

(f) a member of the Election Committee as defined by section 2(1) of the Chief Executive Election Ordinance (Cap. 569); or

(g) a person of a class specified under section 31;

region (地區) means a region, not being a country, outside the HKSAR;

specified disclosure (指明披露)—see section 30;

state secret (國家秘密) means one of the following secrets the disclosure, without lawful authority, of which would likely endanger national security—

(a) a secret concerning major policy decision on affairs of China or the HKSAR;

(b) a secret concerning the construction of national defence of China or concerning a Chinese armed force;

(c) a secret concerning diplomatic or foreign affair activities of China, a secret concerning external affairs of the HKSAR, or a secret that China or the HKSAR is under an external obligation to preserve secrecy;

(d) a secret concerning the economic or social development of China or the HKSAR;

(e) a secret concerning the technological development or scientific technology of China or the HKSAR;

(f) a secret concerning activities for safeguarding national security or the security of the HKSAR or for the investigation of offences;