INTERCEPTION OF COMMUNICATIONS AND SURVEILLANCE ORDINANCE
PART 5
5-10
Section 58A
Cap. 589
itself or to any further authorization or requirement
under it (whether granted or imposed under its terms
or any provision of this Ordinance). (Added 21 of 2016
s. 17)
(4) If, at the time of the provision of a report to the relevant
authority under subsection (1), the relevant authority is no
longer holding his office or performing the relevant functions
of his office—
(a) without prejudice to section 54 of the Interpretation
and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap. 1), the reference
to relevant authority in that subsection includes the
person for the time being appointed as a panel judge or
authorizing officer (as the case may be) and lawfully
performing the relevant functions of the office of that
relevant authority; and
(b) the provisions of this section are to apply accordingly.
(5) In this section, “relevant duration provision” (有關時限條文)
means section 10(b), 13(b), 16(b), 19(b) or 22(1)(b) (as may
be applicable).
58A.
Report to relevant authority: inaccurate information or change
in circumstances
(1) This section applies if, while a prescribed authorization is in
force, the officer of the department concerned who is for the
time being in charge of the interception or covert surveillance
concerned—
(a) becomes aware that there is a material inaccuracy in the
information provided for the purposes of—
(i) the application for the issue of the prescribed
authorization made under section 8, 14 or 20,
including such an application made orally under
section 25;
Last updated date
24.6.2016
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