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Environmental Quality Act 1974 s 50

Environmental Quality Act 1974 s 50

Text recovered by OCR from a scanned copy — section numbers and wording may be wrong. Check the official PDF on lom.agc.gov.my before citing.

s 50 Secrecy

Any person who discloses any information obtained by him in connection with the administration or execution of this Act or the regulations made thereunder in relation to any manufacturing process or trade secret used in carrying on any particular trade, industry or process shall, unless the disclosure was made for the purposes of this Act or of any criminal proceedings under this Act or with the consent of the person carrying on that trade, industry or process, be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years or to both.

Malay text (authoritative)

Seseorang yang menzahirkan apa-apa maklümat yang didapati olehnya berkenaan dengan pentadbiran atau pelaksanaan Akta ini atau peraturan-peraturan yang di buat di bawahnya berhubung dengan apa-apa proses pengilangan atau rahsia tred yang digunakan pada menjalankan sesuatu tred, perindustrian atau proses tertentu, melainkan jika penzahiran itu telah dibuat bagi maksudmaksud Akta ini atau maksud-maksud sesuatu pembicaraan jenayah di bawah Akta ini atau dengan persetujuan orang yang menjalankan tred, perindustrian atau proses itu, adalah tidak lebih daripada sepuluh ribu ringgit atau penjara tidak lebih daripada lima tahun atau kedua-duanya.

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Find Act 127 on lom.agc.gov.my ↗

Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.

Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).

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