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Prohibition on disclosure of information.
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21.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this section it shall not be lawful for any person who is a member or an officer of the Commission to disclose any information available to him only by virtue of the powers of obtaining information conferred upon the Commission or upon an inspector by this Act to any person other than a member or officer of the Commission concerned with such information in the course of his duties.
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(2) It shall not be lawful for any person (other than a member or officer of the Commission) who attends a private sitting of the Commission to disclose to any person any information acquired through being present at such sitting and which is available only by virtue of the powers of obtaining information conferred upon the Commission or an inspector by this Act.
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(3) If any person acts in contravention of this section he shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds or imprisonment for a period of six months or at the discretion of the Court to both such fine and such imprisonment.
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(4) Nothing in sub-section (1) of this section shall apply to the disclosure of any information—
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(a) to the Minister in a report (not being an annual report) or other communication from the Commission, or
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(b) for the purposes of legal proceedings taken or proposed to be taken under this Act.
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