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602B PDFTitle:Race Discrimination (Investigation and Conciliation) RulesGazette Number:E.R. 1 of 2013
Section:6Heading:Restriction on disclosure of informationVersion Date:25/04/2013


(1) The information furnished to the Commission by a person (the informant) in response to a notice served on the informant under section 5 must not be disclosed by the Commission, any member of the Commission or a committee, any employee of the Commission, any conciliator, or any person who has been such a member, employee or conciliator, except¡X

    (a) with the informant¡¦s consent;
    (b) in the form of a summary or other general statement published by the Commission which does not identify the informant or any other person to whom the information relates;
    (c) in a report under section 8(4);
    (d) to members of the Commission or a committee, employees of the Commission or conciliators or, so far as may be necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, to other persons; or
    (e) subject to section 78(6) of the Ordinance, for the purposes of any court proceedings.
(2) A person who discloses information in contravention of subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 4.