Clause 32

Except for the purpose of the performance of his duties or the exercise of his functions or when lawfully required to do so by any court or under the provisions of any written law, no person who is or has been a director, an officer, employee, former employee or agent of the Agency or a member of a committee of the Agency shall disclose any information or matter relating to the affairs of the Agency or of any other person which has been obtained by him in the performance of his duties or the exercise of his functions.

Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.

Notwithstanding subsection (1) and the provisions of any other written law, if any information pertaining to the Agency or to any matter connected with the Agency is certified by the Minister to be of a secret nature, such information or matter shall not be required to be disclosed to Parliament or any other person; and any such certificate under the hand of the Minister shall be conclusive evidence of the matters specified therein.