Safeguarding National Security Ordinance
- (a) surrendering the information, document or article to a police officer; or
- (b) disposing of the information, document or article in accordance with the direction of a police officer.
(10) In this section—
specified capacity (指明身分)—
- (a) in relation to a person who is (or was) a public officer—means the capacity of the person as a public officer; or
- (b) in relation to a person who is (or was) a government contractor—means the capacity of the person as a government contractor;
specified person (指明人士) means a person who is (or was) a public officer or government contractor;
specified state secret (指明國家秘密) means a state secret that is a secret mentioned in paragraph (b), (c) or (g) of the definition of state secret in section 29.
36. Unlawful disclosure of information etc. acquired by espionage
(1) A person commits an offence if the person, without lawful authority, discloses any information, document or other article that the person knows (or has reasonable grounds to believe) to have come into the person’s possession as a result of a contravention of section 43(1).
(2) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 10 years.
37. Unlawful disclosure of information etc. that appears to be confidential matter
(1) If—
