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Section 33

Release of the book of account of wages, etc., seized

of National Wages Consultative Council Act 2011

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Section 33

(1)

If any book of account of wages, register, financial statement or other document has been seized under this Act, the enforcement officer who effected the seizure may, after referring to the Public Prosecutor, release the book of account of wages, register, financial statement or other document to the person as he determines to be lawfully entitled to it, if the book of account of wages, register, financial statement or other document is not required for the purpose of any proceedings under this Act or for the purpose of any prosecution under any other written law, and in such event neither the enforcement officer effecting the seizure, nor the Federal

Government, or any person acting on behalf of the Federal

Government shall be liable to any proceedings by any person if the seizure and the release of the book of account of wages, register, financial statement or other document had been effected in good faith.

(2)

A record in writing shall be made by the enforcement officer effecting the release of the book of account of wages, register, financial statement or other document under subsection (1) specifying in detail the circumstances of and the reason for the release, and he shall send a copy of the record to the Public Prosecutor within seven days of the release.