Witness Protection Act 2009 s 17
s 17 Obligation of secrecy
(1) Except as provided in this Act, the Director General or any of his officer, whether during his tenure of office or during his employment or after that, and any other person who has by any means access to any information or document relating to the affairs of the Programme, shall not give or otherwise disclose such information or document relating to the affairs of the Programme, shall not give or otherwise disclose such information or document to any person.
(2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding twenty years.
Malay text (authoritative)
Obligasi kerahsiaan
(1) Kecuali sebagaimana yang diperuntukkan dalam Akta ini, Ketua Pengarah atau mana-mana pegawainya, sama ada dalam tempoh pemegangan jawatannya atau tempoh penggajiannya atau selepas itu, dan mana-mana orang lain yang melalui apa-apa cara mempunyai akses kepada apa-apa maklumat atau dokumen yang berhubungan dengan hal ehwal Program, tidak boleh memberikan atau selainnya mendedahkan maklumat atau dokumen itu kepada mana-mana orang.
(2) Mana-mana orang yang melanggar subseksyen (1) melakukan suatu kesalahan dan hendaklah, apabila disabitkan, dihukum dengan pemenjaraan selama tempoh tidak melebihi dua puluh tahun.
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Text as at 1 September 2019 (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).
