Offence—offering to supply protected information
132 Offence—offering to supply protected information
A person commits an offence if:
the person offers to supply (whether to a particular person or otherwise) information about another person; and
the information is protected information.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.
A person commits an offence if:
the person holds himself or herself out as being able to supply (whether to a particular person or otherwise) information about another person; and
the information is protected information.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.
Nothing in subsection (1) or (2) makes an officer acting in the performance or exercise of his or her powers, duties or functions under this Act guilty of an offence.
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