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Disclosure of confidential information.
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36.—(1) A person shall not disclose any confidential information that becomes available to him—
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(a) by virtue of the provisions of the Protection Convention,
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(b) pursuant to the Notification Convention, in connection with the notification of a nuclear accident or relevant to minimising its radiological consequences,
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(c) arising out of the provision of assistance under the Assistance Convention either—
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(i) when the assistance is being provided to or in another state, on behalf of the State, or
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(ii) when the assistance is being provided to or in the State on behalf of another state or an international organisation, or
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(d) while performing (or as a result of having performed) duties as a member of the Institute, or member of its staff, or as an advisor or consultant to the Institute,
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unless he is duly authorised to do so.
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(2) A person who contravenes a provision of subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of an offence.
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(3) In subsection (1) of this section—
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“confidential” means that which is expressed to be confidential either as regards particular information or as regards information of a particular class or description;
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“duly authorised” means authorised by a Minister of the Government, by a person authorised in that behalf by that Minister, by the Institute or by a person authorised in that behalf by the Institute.
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