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                              SCHEDULE 6

                                PART I

           WARRANT AUTHORIZING COMMISSIONER FOR PERSONAL DATA
              TO ENTER SPECIFIED PREMISES WITHOUT INFORMING
                           RELEVANT DATA USER

To the privacy Commissioner for Personal Data.

   Having been satisfied by information upon oath/declaration* that
there are reasonable grounds for believing that the purposes of an
investigation under the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (81 of 1995)
in relation to .............................................. [name of
relevant data user] may be substantially prejudiced if you were required
to comply with section 42(3) of that Ordinance before exercising your
power under section 42(2) of that Ordinance in respect of the premisesat......................................................................
........................................................................
[address of premises occupied by the relevant data user/in which is
situated the personal data system, or any part thereof, used by the
relevant data user*]:
   YOU ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED, with such assistants as may be necessary,
to exercise your power under section 42(2) of that Ordinance in respect
of those premises without complying with section 42(3) of that Ordinance
provided that such power is exercised before the expiration of 14 days
after the date on which this warrant is issued.

   Dated this ........ day ..........of 19........

                                        ...............................
                                              (Signature) Magistrate
* Delete whichever is inapplicable

                                 PART 2
        WARRANT AUTHORIZING PRIVACY COMMISSIONER FOR PERSONAL DATA
                    TO ENTER SPECIFIED DOMESTIC PREMISES

To the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data.

   Having been satisfied by information upon oath/declaration* that
there are reasonable grounds for believing that the purposes of the
investigation into ....................................... [name of
relevant data user] may be substantially prejudiced if you are prevented
by the operation of section 42(4) of the Personal Data (Privacy)
Ordinance (81 of 1995) from exercising your power under section 42(2) of
that Ordinance in respect of the domestic premises at ..................
........................................................................
[address of domestic premises occupied by the relevant data user/in
which is situated the personal data system, or any part thereof, used by
the relevant data user*]:
   YOU ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED, with such assistants as may be necessary,
to exercise that power in respect of those premises provided that such
power is exercised before the expiration of 14 days after the date on
which this warrant is issued.

   Dated this ........ day .......... of 19........

                                     ...............................
                                           (Signature) Magistrate
* Delete whichever is inapplicable




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 [Prelim. & definitions]    [Admin.]    [Codes of practice]    [Returns & register]    [Data access & correction]    [Matching & transfers]    [Complaints, etc.]    [Exemptions]    [Offences]    [Forms, fees, etc.]
 [Sched 1: Data protection principles]    [Sched 2: Finances]    [Sched 3: Prescribed information]    [Sched 4: Other ordinances]    [Sched 5: Prescribed matters]    [Sched 6: Warrants]


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