Section 20
Obligation of secrecy
of Deoxyribonucleic Acid (Dna) Identification Act 2009
The Head of DNA Databank, Deputy Head of DNA
Databank and DNA Databank officers or any person who for any reason, has by any means access to any data, record, book, register, correspondence, document whatsoever, or material or information, relating to the DNA profiles and any information in relation thereto in the DNA Databank which he has acquired in the performance of his functions or the exercise of his powers, shall not give, divulge, reveal, publish or otherwise disclose to any person, such document, material or information unless the disclosure is required or authorized—
(a)
under this Act or regulations made under this Act;
(b)
under any written law;
(c)
by any court; or
(d)
for the performance of his functions or the exercise of his powers under this Act or regulations made under this Act.
(2)
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or to both.
Offence of tampering, abetting or attempting to tamper with