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TAXATION ADMINISTRATION ACT 1953 - SECT 3EB

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             (1)  Subject to this section, a person to whom tax information has been communicated under paragraph 3EA(3)(c) or subsection (2) of this section must not divulge or communicate the information to another person, or make a record of the information.

Penalty:  Imprisonment for 2 years.

             (2)  An exception to the prohibition in subsection (1) is the communicating or divulging of the information, or the making of a record of the information, for the purposes of, or in connection with, the prosecution or proceedings mentioned in paragraph 3EA(3)(c).

             (3)  A person to whom information has been communicated or divulged under paragraph 3EA(3)(c) or subsection (2) of this section must not be required to divulge or communicate the information to a court.

             (4)  In this section:

"tax information" has the meaning given by section 3EA.



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