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Safeguarding National Security Ordinance Part 1 Section 4 judicial officer (司法人員) means—
 * (a) a judicial officer holding a judicial office specified in Schedule 1 to the Judicial Officers Recommendation Commission Ordinance (Cap. 92); or
 * (b) a judicial officer appointed by the Chief Justice.

(2) In this Ordinance, a reference to a case concerning national security includes—
 * (a) a case in connection with an offence endangering national security;
 * (b) a case in connection with any measures taken for, or in connection with, safeguarding national security, whether under the HK National Security Law, this Ordinance or any other law; and
 * (c) any proceedings in connection with the case mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b).

4. Meaning of national security

In this Ordinance or any other Ordinance, a reference to national security is a reference to the status in which the state’s political regime, sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity, the welfare of the people, sustainable economic and social development, and other major interests of the state are relatively free from danger and internal or external threats, and the capability to maintain a sustained status of security.