INTERCEPTION OF COMMUNICATIONS AND SURVEILLANCE ORDINANCE PART 3—Division 6 Section 31 Cap. 589 3-54 (b) no prescribed authorization may contain terms that authorize any covert surveillance to be carried out in respect of oral or written communications taking place at an office or other relevant premises, or a residence, of a lawyer. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), exceptional circumstances exist if the relevant authority is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to believe— (a) that— (i) the lawyer concerned; (ii) in the case of an office or other relevant premises of the lawyer, any other lawyer practising with him or any other person working in the office; or (iii) in the case of a residence of the lawyer, any other person residing in the residence, is a party to any activity which constitutes or would constitute a serious crime or a threat to public security; or (b) that any of the communications concerned is for the furtherance of a criminal purpose. (3) For the avoidance of doubt, a prescribed authorization does not authorize any device to be implanted in, or administered to, a person without the consent of the person. (4) In this section— “lawyer” (律師) means a barrister, solicitor or foreign lawyer as defined in section 2(1) of the Legal Practitioners Ordinance (Cap. 159) who practises as such, or any person holding an appointment under section 3(1) of the Legal Aid Ordinance (Cap. 91); “other relevant premises” (其他有關處所), in relation to a lawyer, means any premises, other than an office of the lawyer, Last updated date 24.6.2016