Hong Kong Ordinances

SEX DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE - SECT 74

Restrictions on disclosure of information

(1) No information given to the Commission by any person ("the informant") in
connection with a formal investigation shall be disclosed by the Commission,
any member of the Commission or a committee, any employee of the Commission,
any conciliator, or any person who has been such a member, employee or
conciliator, except-

   (a)  on the order of any court;

   (b)  with the informant's consent;

   (c)  in the form of a summary or other general statement published by the
        Commission which does not identify the informant or any other person
        to whom the information relates;

   (d)  in a report of the investigation published by the Commission or made
        available for inspection under section 73(5);

   (e)  to members of the Commission or a committee, employees of the
        Commission or conciliators or, so far as may be necessary for the
        proper performance of the functions of the Commission, to other
        persons;

   (f)  for the purpose of any civil proceedings under this Ordinance to which
        the Commission is a party, or any criminal proceedings.

(2) Any person who discloses information in contravention of subsection (1)
commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 4.

(3) In preparing any report for publication or for inspection the Commission
shall exclude, so far as is consistent with its functions and the object of
the report, any matter which relates to the private affairs of any individual
or business interests of any person where the publication of that matter
might, in the opinion of the Commission, prejudicially affect that individual
or person. (Enacted 1995)