Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance Part 7 7-30 Section 46 Cap. 486 court or at any inquiry or in any other proceedings, and no evidence in respect of an investigation shall be given against any person. (3) Where the giving of any information or the answering of any question or the production of any document or thing would involve the disclosure, without the consent of the Chief Executive, of the deliberations of the Executive Council, the Commissioner shall not require the information or answer to be given or, as the case may be, the document or thing to be produced. (Amended 34 of 1999 s. 3) 46. Commissioner, etc. to maintain secrecy (1) Subject to subsections (2), (3), (7) and (8), the Commissioner and every prescribed officer shall maintain secrecy in respect of all matters that come to their actual knowledge in the performance of their functions and the exercise of their powers under this Part. (Amended 18 of 2012 s. 25) (2) Subsection (1) shall not operate so as to prevent the Commissioner or any prescribed officer from— (a) subject to subsection (8), disclosing any matter if the disclosure is necessary for the proper performance of the Commissioner’s functions or the proper exercise of the Commissioner’s powers under this Ordinance; (Added 18 of 2012 s. 25) (b) disclosing in the course of proceedings— (i) for an offence under this Ordinance; and (ii) before any court or magistrate, any matter relevant to those proceedings; (c) reporting evidence of any crime to such authority as he considers appropriate; Verified Copy Last updated date 25.4.2013