Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance Part 7 7-28 Section 45 Cap. 486 to in subsection (1), shall apply to its disclosure for the purposes of an investigation; and (b) any requirement by the Commissioner that any such information, document or thing as is referred to in paragraph (a) be disclosed or produced for the purposes of an investigation shall be sufficient authority for its disclosure or production to the Commissioner. (9) The Commissioner may pay the reasonable expenses of complainants (including, if the complainant is a relevant person, the individual in respect of whom the complainant is such a person) and witnesses incurred during the course of an investigation. (10) A person who contravenes subsection (3) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 6 months. (Added 18 of 2012 s. 23) 45. Protection of witnesses, etc. (1) Every person shall have the same privileges in relation to the giving of information, the answering of questions, and the production of documents and things, for the purposes of an investigation, as witnesses have in civil proceedings in the High Court but any enactment or rule of law which authorizes or requires the withholding of any document or thing, or the refusal to answer any question, on the ground that the disclosure of the document or thing or the answering of the question, as the case may be, would be injurious to the public interest, shall not apply in respect of any investigation. (Amended 25 of 1998 s. 2; 18 of 2012 s. 24) (2) Except on the trial of any person for perjury in respect of his sworn testimony, or for an offence under this Ordinance, no statement made or answer given by that or any other person in the course of any investigation shall be admissible in evidence against any person, before any magistrate or in any Verified Copy Last updated date 25.4.2013