Safeguarding National Security Ordinance
Part 4—Division 1
Ord. No. 6 of 2024
Section 30
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- (g) a secret concerning the relationship between the Central Authorities and the HKSAR (including information on affairs relating to the HKSAR for which the Central Authorities are responsible under the Basic Law).
30. Meaning of specified disclosure
(1) In this Division—
specified disclosure (指明披露), in relation to any information, document or other article, means the disclosure of the information, document or article in the following circumstances—
- (a) the purpose of making the disclosure is to reveal—
- (i) circumstances in which the Government’s performance of its functions in accordance with the law is seriously affected; or
- (ii) a serious threat to public order, public safety or public health;
- (b) the disclosure is of an extent that does not exceed what is necessary for revealing the matter mentioned in paragraph (a)(i) or (ii); and
- (c) having regard to all the circumstances of the case, the public interest served by making the disclosure manifestly outweighs the public interest served by not making the disclosure.
(2) In determining whether a person discloses any information, document or other article in the circumstances mentioned in paragraph (c) of the definition of specified disclosure in subsection (1), regard must be had to—
