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Documents affecting legal proceedings or subject to legal professional privilege

Cap. 13, s. 28 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) A document is an exempt document if its disclosure under this Act would be reasonably likely to have a substantial adverse effect on the interests of the Government of Belize or of a prescribed authority in or in relation to pending or likely (2) A document is an exempt document if it is of such a nature that it would be privileged from production in legal proceedings on the ground of legal professional privilege. (3) A document of the kind referred to in section 7 (1) of this Act, is not an exempt document by virtue of subsection (2) of this section by reason only of the inclusion in the document of matter that is used or to be used for the purpose of the making of decisions or recommendations referred to in section 7 (1) of this Act.
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