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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 59
(1) Except for the purposes of this Act or of any Secrecy and criminal proceedings under this Act, no person penalty. appointed to exercise any powers under this Act shall disclose any information with respect to any individual business or the affairs of any individual participant of an operator which has been obtained in the course of his duties and which is not published in pursuance of this Act.
(2) Any person knowingly contravening the provisions of subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term nat exceeding one year.
Malay text (authoritative)
(1) Kecuali bagi maksud-maksud Akta ini atau apa-apa prosiding jenayah di bawah Akta ini, tiada seorang pun yang dilantik untuk menjalankan apa-apa kuasa di bawah Akta ini boleh menzahirkan apa-apa maklumat berkenaan dengan perniagaan seseorang ındivıdu atau hal-ehwal mana-mana peserta individı bagi pengendali yang telah diperolehi semasa menjalankan kewajipannya dan yang tidak disiarkan menurut Akta ini.
(2) Mana-mana orang yang dengan disedarinya melanggar peruntukan-peruntukan subseksyen (1) adalah melakükan süatu kesalahan dan, apabila disabitkan, boleh dikenakan denda tidak melebihi dua puluh ribu ringgit atau penjara selama tempoh tidak melebihi satu tahun.
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).
