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Disclosure of confidential information in official contracts.
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5.—(1) A person who is or has been—
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(a) a party to a contract with a Minister or State authority or with any person on behalf of a Minister or State authority, or
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(b) employed by such party,
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shall not communicate to any third party any information relating to the contract and expressed therein to be confidential.
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(2) A person to whom subsection (1) applies shall take reasonable care to avoid any unlawful communication of such information.
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(3) It shall be a good defence to a prosecution for a contravention of this section to prove that the communication was authorised in writing by the Minister or State authority or by the party contracting on behalf of the Minister or State authority.
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