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SUMMARY OFFENCES ACT 1953 - SECT 66J

66J—Criminal intelligence

        (1)         In any proceedings under this Part, a court

            (a)         must, on the application of the Commissioner, take steps to maintain the confidentiality of information classified by the Commissioner as criminal intelligence, including steps to receive evidence and hear argument about the information in private in the absence of the parties to the proceedings and their representatives; and

            (b)         may take evidence consisting of or relating to information so classified by the Commissioner by way of affidavit of a senior police officer.

        (2)         The Commissioner may not delegate the function of classifying information as criminal intelligence for the purposes of this Act except to a Deputy Commissioner or Assistant Commissioner of Police.



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