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(3) The Council shall comply with any request made by the Registrar by notice to the Council to disclose whether any information in Register A tends to show that the man may be the father of the child by virtue of section 10 of the Parent and Child Ordinance (Cap. 429) and, if it does, disclose that information.

PART VI
Enforcement and Offences

37. Power of authorized persons to enter premises to which licence relates

(1) An authorized person may at any reasonable time enter and inspect any premises to which a licence relates and therein—

(a) take possession of anything which he has reasonable grounds to believe may be required for the purpose of—

(i) any function of the Council relating to the grant, variation, suspension or revocation of licences; or

(ii) being used in evidence in any proceedings for an offence against this Ordinance,

and retain it for so long as it may be required for that purpose; and

(b) for that purpose, take such steps as appear to be necessary for preserving any such thing or preventing interference with it, including requiring any person having the power to do so to give such assistance as may reasonably be required.

(2) In subsection (1)—

(a) the references to things include information recorded in any form; and

(b) the reference to taking possession of anything includes, in the case of information recorded otherwise than in legible form, requiring any person having the power to do so to produce a copy of the information in legible form and taking possession of the copy.

(3) Nothing in this Ordinance makes it unlawful for an authorized person to keep any embryo or gametes pursuant to that person’s functions as such.

(4) An authorized person shall not exercise his power under subsection (1) in respect of any premises in such a way as to unduly disrupt any activities being lawfully carried on in the premises, whether by the licensee under the licence which relates to the premises or any other person.