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Safeguarding National Security Ordinance Part 7—Division 1 Section 80 : consultation with the particular legal representative or legal representatives, but may consult any other legal representative of the person’s choosing; or
 * (b) if the particular legal representative or legal representatives is or are in the practice of the law in a certain Hong Kong firm or certain Hong Kong firms, and the application requests for the imposition of restrictions in relation to the person’s consultation with any legal representative who is in the practice of the law in the firm or firms (relevant firm or firms)—the person must suspend consultation with the particular legal representative or legal representatives, and must not consult any other legal representative of the relevant firm or firms, but may consult any other legal representative of the person’s choosing.

(6) If, after the issue of the warrant and during the person’s detention in police custody, the police officer who laid the information no longer has reasonable grounds to believe that the circumstances specified in subsection (4) exist, a police officer must immediately cease to impose on the person the restriction mentioned in subsection (3).

(7) In this section—

Hong Kong firm (香港律師行) has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Legal Practitioners Ordinance (Cap. 159);

legal representative (法律代表) means a solicitor or counsel.

80. Consultation with legal representatives may be restricted in view of circumstances endangering national security

(1) This section applies if a person is investigated for being reasonably suspected of having committed an offence endangering national security, regardless of whether the person has been arrested.