22 Ombudsman (Komesina o Sulufaiga) Act 2013 (a) would prejudice the security or defence of Samoa (including Samoa’s relations with the government of another country or with an international organisation), or the investigation or detection of offences; or (b) would involve the disclosure of the deliberations of Cabinet; or (c) would involve the disclosure of proceedings of Cabinet, or of a committee of Cabinet, on any matter of a secret or confidential nature, the Attorney General— (i) must not require the information or answer to be given or the document or thing to be produced for the purposes of Part 3, 4 or 5; or (ii) for Part 3, may by written notice to the Ombudsman, exclude the application of section 48 to any specified premises or class of premises; (iii) for Part 4 or 5, may by written notice to the Ombudsman, exclude the application of section 48 to any specified premises. (2) Subsection (1)(a) applies only to subparagraph (ii) or (iii). (3) The Attorney General must send the certificate (including the reasons for the certificate) to the Speaker for tabling in Parliament. 50. Confidentiality of information – (1) The Ombudsman and staff must maintain secrecy on matters that come to their knowledge under this Act. (2) A staff must, before starting employment, take before the Ombudsman the secrecy oath set out in Part 2 of Schedule 2. (3) As an exception to subsections (1) and (2) and subject to section 49, the Ombudsman may disclose in an Ombudsman’s report made under this Act any matter as in the Ombudsman’s opinion ought to be disclosed in order to establish grounds for the Ombudsman’s conclusions and recommendations. 51. Directives for non-disclosure of information – (1) The Ombudsman may direct the following not to be published or disclosed to another person: (a) the name and identifying information concerning a person appearing before the Ombudsman;

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