Section 9
SEC. 9. (a) Whenever a request is made by the Fund to the Commonwealth of the Philippines as a member to furnish data under Article VIII, section 5, of the Articles of Agreement of the Fund, the President may, through any agency he may designate, require any person to furnish such information as the President may determine to be essential to comply with such request. In making such determination the President shall seek to collect the information only in such detail as is necessary to comply with the request of the Fund. No information so acquired shall be furnished to the Fund in such detail that the affairs of any person are disclosed. (b) It shall be unlawful for any officer or employee of the Government, or for any adviser or consultant to the Government, to disclose, otherwise than in the course of official duty, any information obtained under this section, or to use any such information for his personal benefit. Whoever violates any of the provisions of this subsection shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than five thousand pesos, or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both in the discretion of the court. (c) The term "person" as used in this section means an individual, partnership, corporation or association. JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF ACTIONS