Restriction on disclosure of certain matters

(1) Where the Secretary to the Cabinet at the direction of Cabinet certifies that the giving of any information or the answering of any question or production of any document or thing, would18 (a) involve the of the deliberations or proceedings of the Cabinet, or any committee thereof, relating to matters of a secret or confidential nature and is likely to be injurious to the public interest; (b) prejudice the relations of Belize with the government of any other country or with any international organization; (c) prejudice the detection of offences; or (d) prejudice the security or defence of Belize, the Contractor-General shall not further require such information or answer to be given or such document or thing to be produced. (2) Except as provided in sub-section (1), no law which authorizes or requires the refusal to answer any question or the with- holding of any information or document or thing on the ground that the answering of the question or the disclosure of the information, document or thing would be injurious to the public interest, shall apply in respect of any investigation by or proceedings before the Contractor-General.