s 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.