35. Restriction on auditor’s and employee’s right to communicate certain matters

Except as may be necessary for the carrying into effect of the provisions of this Act or so far as may be required for the purposes of any legal proceedings, whether civil or criminal, an auditor appointed under section 32 or carrying out any duty imposed under section 36, and any employee of such an auditor, must not disclose any information which may come to his, her or its knowledge or possession in the course of performing his, her or its duties as such auditor or employee (as the case may be) to any person other than —

Any auditor who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000.

Any employee of an auditor who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $25,000.