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INTERCEPTION OF COMMUNICATIONS AND SURVEILLANCE ORDINANCE SCHEDULE 1—PART 2 Section 3 3. Immigration Department 4. Independent Commission Against Corruption S1-4 Cap. 589 Last updated date 9.8.2006

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Interceptions for Communications and Surveillance Ordinance (Cap. 589)

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Status of Law: Final/Active/Current

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Hong Kong

Country Location

Latitude: 22.3964

Longitude: 114.1095

Country Location (linked Law): Hong Kong

Keywords

Privacy
Surveillance

Adoption Date: 9 de ago. de 2006

Type of Law: Primary (this category will be deleted)

Research Category: III Governance of Online and Networked Spaces

Institution that Established this Law: Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Is this the Official Copy?: Yes

Source Name and URL: Hong Kong e-Legislation

Notes: Basic Law art.30 protects the citizen from unlawful surveillance. This ordinance set out several situaitions where the government may conduct surveillance in accordance with the law. In LEUNG KWOK HUNG AND ANOTHER V. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE HKSAR, the court held that s.33 is unconstitutional because the Executive Order comprised administrative directions only and did not constitute a set “legal procedures” to authorize and justify the surveillance.

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