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Chapter:

528 PDFTitle:COPYRIGHT ORDINANCEGazette Number:25 of 1998
Section:130Heading:Offences relating to disclosure of informationVersion Date:01/07/1997

Remarks:

Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 25 of 1998 s. 2

(1) Subject to subsection (2), any person who discloses to any other person any information obtained by him in pursuance of this Ordinance commits an offence unless the disclosure was made-

        (a) for the purpose of the performance by him or any other person of functions under this Ordinance; or
        (b) under the direction or order of a court.
(2) A person does not commit an offence under subsection (1) by-
        (a) disclosing information under section 126(1) or (2) or under an order of the Court of First Instance under section 126(3);
        (b) disclosing information under section 129;
        (c) disclosing information under section 140(1) or under an order of the Court of First Instance made under section 140(2); or
        (d) disclosing information under section 267(1) or under an order of the Court of First Instance made under section 267(2). (Amended 25 of 1998 s. 2)
(3) Any person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable on conviction to a fine at level 4 and to imprisonment for 1 year.