s 140 Secrecy in relation to the Shariah Supervisory Council
(1) No member, officer, servant or agent of the Shariah Supervisory Council or person who has by any means access to any record, book, register, correspondence, document, material or information, relating to the business and affairs of the Shariah Supervisory Council in the performance of his duties or the exercise of his functions, shall give, divulge, reveal, publish or otherwise disclose to any person such record, book, register, correspondence, document, material or information unless he is lawfully required to do so by any court or under any written law. (2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.