§ 49 — Offences relating to register

49.—(1) A person who, without lawful authority —(a)

makes, alters or deletes, or permits to be made, altered or deleted, any record (or any part of it) in a register;

(b)

obtains, or provides any person, access to a register (or any part of it); or

(c)

interferes with a register (or any part of it), or permits a register (or any part of it) to be interfered with, in any other way,

shall be guilty of an offence.

(2) A person who wilfully destroys or defaces, or permits to be destroyed or defaced, a register (or any part of it) shall be guilty of an offence.

(3) A public officer or registration officer who publishes or communicates to any person any information contained in a register shall be guilty of an offence unless such publication or communication —(a)

is authorised by or under this Act;

(b)

is in the public interest and authorised by the Registrar‑General; or

(c)

is for the purpose of investigations into an offence under this Act or any other written law, or proceedings in respect of the offence.

(4) A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1), (2) or (3) shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years or to both.

—(1) A person who, without lawful authority —(a)

makes, alters or deletes, or permits to be made, altered or deleted, any record (or any part of it) in a register;

(b)

obtains, or provides any person, access to a register (or any part of it); or

(c)

interferes with a register (or any part of it), or permits a register (or any part of it) to be interfered with, in any other way,

shall be guilty of an offence.

(2) A person who wilfully destroys or defaces, or permits to be destroyed or defaced, a register (or any part of it) shall be guilty of an offence.

(3) A public officer or registration officer who publishes or communicates to any person any information contained in a register shall be guilty of an offence unless such publication or communication —(a)

is authorised by or under this Act;

(b)

is in the public interest and authorised by the Registrar‑General; or

(c)

is for the purpose of investigations into an offence under this Act or any other written law, or proceedings in respect of the offence.

(4) A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1), (2) or (3) shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years or to both.