(1) A person must not publish, or communicate to
any person, any information regarding the input of information into, or the
output of information from, a computer obtained as a direct or indirect result
of the use of a data surveillance device in contravention of this Part.
:
Maximum penalty--500 penalty units (in the case of a corporation) or 100
penalty units or 5 years imprisonment, or both (in any other case).
(2)
Subsection (1) does not apply to the following--
(a) to a communication or
publication made--
(i) to the person having lawful possession or control of
the computer, or
(ii) with the consent, express or implied, of the person
having lawful possession or lawful control of the computer, or
(iii) for the
purpose of investigating or prosecuting an offence against this section, or
(iv) in the course of proceedings for an offence against this Act or the
regulations,
(b) if the communication or publication is no more than is
reasonably necessary in connection with an imminent threat of--
(i) serious
violence to persons or substantial damage to property, or
(3) A person who obtains information in a
manner that does not involve a contravention of this Part is not prevented
from publishing or communicating the information so obtained even if the same
information was also obtained in a manner that contravened this Part.
