“非法披露受保护资料”是香港《基本法》第23条规定的“窃取国家机密”行为的一种重要形式。香港地区现行《官方机密条例》在受保护资料的界定和规制对象的范围限制等方面都存在一定的缺陷。现有法律不足以回应香港特区成立后维护国家安全的需求，也不适应社会、科技发展的现实，应当增加“受保护资料”的类别，补正“违法取览”的法律漏洞，完善免责辩护的规定，推动国家安全立法进程。
The unlawful disclosure of protected information article is a typical form of theft of state secrets regulated by article 23 of the Basic Law.There are some defects of the definition of the categories of information that require protection and to whom the different provisions of the ordinance should apply in the current Official Secrets Ordinance.The present law can't meet the need of safeguarding the security of the State and it fails to keep up with the pace of development of society and technology.So there is an urgent need for promoting the legislative process including expanding the range of protected article，adding the regulation of unauthorized disclosure of protected information and enacting rules of liability exception.
