31 Law enforcement
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31  Law enforcement

(1)     Information which is not exempt information by virtue of section 30 is exempt information if its disclosure under this Act would, or would be likely to, prejudice—

(a)     the prevention or detection of crime,

(b)     the apprehension or prosecution of offenders,

(c)     the administration of justice,

(d)     the assessment or collection of any tax or duty or of any imposition of a similar nature,

(e)     the operation of the immigration controls,

(f)     the maintenance of security and good order in prisons or in other institutions where persons are lawfully detained,

(g)     the exercise by any public authority of its functions for any

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