LIQUOR CONTROL ACT 1988 - SECT 152

LIQUOR CONTROL ACT 1988 - SECT 152

152 .         Disclosure of information by officials

        (1)         Any person who is or has been employed in the administration of this Act, shall not while that person is, or after that person ceases to be, so employed —

            (a)         either directly or indirectly, except in the performance of a function in relation to this Act or in accordance with section 151, make a record of, or divulge or communicate to any other person any information disclosed or obtained by reason of this Act respecting the affairs of any other person; or

            (b)         produce in any court or to any other person, or permit any other person to have access to, a document that is, in the course of being so employed, in the custody of that person,

                except for the purpose of any proceedings for an offence under this Act, or where it is otherwise necessary to do so for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Act.

        (2)         A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence.

        Penalty: a fine of $5 000.

        [Section 152 amended: No. 73 of 2006 s. 110; No. 56 of 2010 s. 69.]

        [Heading inserted: No. 73 of 2006 s. 97.]