Hong Kong Ordinances

INTERCEPTION OF COMMUNICATIONS AND SURVEILLANCE ORDINANCE - SECT 52

Recommendations to departments

(1) If, in the course of performing any of his functions under this Ordinance,
the Commissioner considers that any arrangements made by any department should
be changed to better carry out the objects of this Ordinance or the provisions
of the code of practice, he may make such recommendations to the head of the
department as he thinks fit.

(2) Where the Commissioner makes any recommendations to the head of the
department under subsection (1), the head of the department shall submit to
the Commissioner a report with details of any measures taken by the department
(including any disciplinary action taken in respect of any officer) to
implement the recommendations, as soon as reasonably practicable after the
recommendations have been made or, where the Commissioner has specified any
period for submission of the report when making the recommendations, within
that period.

(3) Without prejudice to sections 49 and 50, the Commissioner may, whether
before or after the head of the department has submitted a report to him under
subsection (2), refer the recommendations and any other matters he thinks fit
to the Chief Executive, the Secretary for Justice or any panel judge or any or
all of them.