Disclosure not permitted
31 Disclosure not permitted
A person must not, except as permitted under section 32, disclose to another person:
the fact that a financial institution, or an officer of a financial institution, intends to give or has given information to the DPP or a police officer under section 13; or
the nature of any information given under section 13; or
the fact that a notice has been or is to be issued, or a response to a notice has been or is to be made, under section 14; or
the content of a notice or response made under section 14; or
the fact that he or she has been subject to a production order or an examination order in relation to another person's wealth, liabilities, expenditure or income; or
the fact that another person is or has been subject to, or the subject of, a production order, an examination order, a monitoring order or a suspension order; or
the contents of any examination order, production order, monitoring order or suspension order.
Maximum penalty: 1 000 penalty units or imprisonment for
5 years.
Without limiting subsection (1), a person discloses information in contravention of that subsection if the person:
discloses information to another person from which the other person could reasonably be expected to infer that a notice under section 14 has been or is to be issued or a response to such a notice has been or is to be made; or
discloses information to another person from which that person could reasonably be expected to infer anything about the nature or contents of a notice or response under section 14; or
makes or keeps a record of any information about a notice or response under section 14, other than a copy for the person's own records of the notice or the information provided in response to the notice; or
discloses information to another person about the existence or operation of an examination order, a production order, a monitoring order or a suspension order; or
discloses information to another person from which that person could reasonably be expected to infer anything about the existence or operation of an examination order, a production order, a monitoring order or a suspension order; or
makes or keeps a record of any information about the existence or operation of an examination order, a production order, a monitoring order or a suspension order, other than a copy for the person's own records of:
an order directed to the person; or
the information provided by the person in response to the order.
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