Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance Part 5—Division 1 5-18 Section 20 Cap. 486 (f) in any other case, compliance with the request may for the time being be refused under this Ordinance, whether by virtue of an exemption under Part 8 or otherwise. (4) Subsection (3)(d) shall not operate so as to excuse a data user from complying with the data access request concerned— (a) in so far as the request relates to section 18(1)(a), to any extent; (b) in so far as the request relates to section 18(1)(b), to any extent that the data user can comply with the request without contravening the prohibition concerned. (5) Despite any provision in any relevant Ordinance or its subsidiary legislation in relation to discovery and inspection, in any proceedings under this Ordinance, a specified body— (a) may, for the purpose of deciding on the issue as to whether a data user is required or entitled to refuse to comply with a data access request under this section or deciding on any question related to that issue, require the personal data which is the subject of the request to be made available for its inspection; and (b) must not require the personal data to be disclosed to any party to the proceedings, whether by discovery or otherwise, unless it has decided that the data user must comply with the request. (Added 18 of 2012 s. 13) (6) In subsection (5)— proceedings under this Ordinance (根據本條例進行的法律程序) has the same meaning given by section 13(4); relevant Ordinance (有關條例) means— (a) the High Court Ordinance (Cap. 4); (b) the District Court Ordinance (Cap. 336); or (c) the Administrative Appeals Board Ordinance (Cap. 442); Verified Copy Last updated date 20.4.2018