Chapter:	201	Title:	PREVENTION OF BRIBERY ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:	22 of 2008
Section:	31AB	Heading:	Disclosure of information received under section 31AA by Members of Legislative Council etc.	Version Date:	04/07/2008

(1) Notwithstanding section 30, a Member of the Legislative Council may disclose any information received under section 31AA to the Secretary General for the purpose of enabling the Members of the Legislative Council to take, or to consider whether to take, any action under Article 73(9) of the Basic Law.
(2) Notwithstanding section 30, the Secretary General may, with the prior approval of the President of the Legislative Council, disclose any information received under subsection (1) to any member of the staff employed in the Legislative Council Secretariat if the Secretary General is satisfied that the disclosure is reasonably necessary for the purpose of enabling the Members of the Legislative Council to take, or to consider whether to take, any action under Article 73(9) of the Basic Law.
(3) The President of the Legislative Council shall not approve a disclosure under subsection (2) unless the President is satisfied that the disclosure is reasonably necessary for the purpose of enabling the Members of the Legislative Council to take, or to consider whether to take, any action under Article 73(9) of the Basic Law.
(4) Where in relation to a matter referred to the Members of the Legislative Council under section 31AA(2), a motion has been initiated jointly by one-fourth of all the Members of the Legislative Council under Article 73(9) of the Basic Law charging the Chief Executive with serious breach of law or dereliction of duty, section 30(1) shall not apply as regards the disclosure by any person of any information relating to the matter provided by the Secretary for Justice to the Members of the Legislative Council under section 31AA(2).
(5) In this section, “Secretary General” (秘書長) has the meaning assigned to it in section 2 of The Legislative Council Commission Ordinance (Cap 443).