Hong Kong Regulations

SEX DISCRIMINATION (INVESTIGATION AND CONCILIATION) RULES - SECT 6

Restriction on disclosure of information

(1) The information furnished to the Commission by a person ("the informant")
in response to a notice served on him under section 5 shall not be disclosed
by the Commission, any member of the Commission or a committee, employee of
the Commission, conciliator or any person who has been such a member, employee
or conciliator, except-

   (a)  with the informant's consent;

   (b)  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;

   (c)  in a report under section 8(4);

   (d)  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; or

   (e)  subject to section 84(6) of the Ordinance, for the purposes of any
        court 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. (Enacted
1996)