Chemical Weapons Convention Act 2005 · Updated to 1 Nov 2021 · Part VII · Miscellaneous
52. Information is privileged and confidential
Feedback & supportAny information and document obtained pursuant to this Act or the Convention are privileged and confidential.
The information and documents in subsection (1) are not privileged or confidential if they are required to be disclosed or communicated for the purpose of national interest, national security or under any written law.
No person in possession of privileged or confidential information or documents shall knowingly, without the written consent of the person from whom they were obtained, communicate
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Convention
“Convention” means the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction;
them or allow them to be communicated to any person, or allow any person to have access to them, except—
for the purpose of the enforcement of this Act or of giving effect to the Convention; or
pursuant to an obligation of the Government of Malaysia under the Convention.
Notwithstanding any other written laws, no person shall be required, in connection with any legal proceedings, to produce any statement or other record containing privileged or confidential information or documents, or to give evidence relating to them, unless the proceedings relate to the enforcement of this Act.