Section 41

All information obtained by the Council, the Controller, a Director, or an officer or employee of the Institute or by any other person in the course of the administration of this Act as to any formula, process, or practiee shall be treated as confidential save for purposes connected with the administration of this Act.

Any person who in contravention of this section communicates information to any person or suffers or allows any person to have access to information shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.