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CORRECTIONS ACT 1986 - SECT 104ZD

Offence to disclose information

    (1)     A person to whom information is disclosed under section 104Y, 104Z or 104ZA must not disclose that information to any other person except for the purposes of, or in connection with, the taking and determination of legal proceedings by the person against the prisoner concerned.

Penalty:     60 penalty units.

    (2)     A person (other than a person to whom information is disclosed under section 104Y, 104Z or 104ZA) who becomes aware of any information disclosed to a person under section 104Y, 104Z or 104ZA must not use that information or disclose it to any person.

Penalty:     60 penalty units, in the case of a natural person;

1200 penalty units, in the case of a body corporate.

    (3)     Nothing in subsection (1) prevents a person from disclosing information to a lawyer in the course of consulting that lawyer for legal advice.

    (4)     Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to information that is in the public domain.

S. 104ZE inserted by No. 50/2008 s. 3.



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