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This legislation has been repealed.

INVENTIONS ACT 1975 - SECT 16

16 .         Secrecy

        (1)         This section applies to a person who is, or has been, a member, or the deputy of a member, or an officer of the Committee and to a person who has been requested to advise the Committee pursuant to section 13.

        (2)         A person to whom this section applies shall not, either directly or indirectly, except in the performance of a function or duty under or in connection with this Act —

            (a)         make a record of, or divulge or communicate to any person, any information concerning any invention or concerning the affairs of another person being information acquired by him by reason of his office as a member or the deputy of a member, or his employment as an officer of the Committee or his position as an adviser to the Committee; or

            (b)         produce to any person a document relating to any invention or relating to the affairs of another person being a document furnished for the purposes of this Act.

        Penalty: $1 000.



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