s 70 Secrecy of information obtained by Committee
(1) All information obtained by a Committee or a mortality assessment committee established under section 72 by a private healthcare facility, or by any other person, in the course of the exercise of the functions of such committee or person, shall be treated as confidential exceptβ (a) for purposes connected with those functions; (b) for the purpose of an investigation of any alleged crime; or (c) for the purpose of any criminal proceeding. (2) Nothing in this section shall limit or affect the provisions of section 67, 68 or 71. (3) Section 115 shall be read subject to the section. (4) Any person who, whether directly or indirectly, divulges any information in contravention of subsection (1) commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit. (5) No person shall be compelled or permitted to divulge, in any civil proceeding, any information relating to an assessable death that he has acquired in the course of his duties under sections 67, 68 and 71 and no such information shall be admissible as evidence in any civil proceedings. (6) Nothing in this section shall limit or affect the notification of deaths under any other written law relating to notification of deaths.