AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION ACT 1979 No. 113 of 1979 - SECT 81 Secrecy

AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION ACT 1979 No. 113 of 1979 - SECT 81

81. (1) A person who is or has been a member or an officer of the Tribunal
shall not, either directly or indirectly, except for the purposes of this Act-

   (a)  make a record of, or divulge or communicate to any person, any
        information acquired by him by reason of his office or employment
        under or for the purposes of this Act; or

   (b)  produce to any person a document furnished for the purposes of this
        Act.

Penalty: $2,000 or imprisonment for 2 years.

(2) A person who is or has been a member or an officer of the Tribunal shall
not be required to produce in a court any document of which he has custody, or
to which he has access, by virtue of his office or employment under or for the
purposes of this Act, or to divulge or to communicate to a court any
information obtained by him by reason of such an office or employment, except
when it is necessary to do so for the purposes of this Act.

(3) In this section-

''court'' includes any tribunal, authority or person having power to require
the production of documents or the answering of questions;

''produce'' includes permit access to, and ''production'' has a corresponding
meaning, and a reference in this section to information or a document shall be
read as a reference to information or a document supplied to the Tribunal for
the purposes of this Part or otherwise related to proceedings under this Part.