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Section 36

Preservation of secrecy

of Currency Act 2020

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Section 36
(1)

No person who is or was a director, chief executive officer, officer or employee of a registered currency processor shall disclose to any person, any information or document relating to the business or affairs of a customer of a registered currency processor unless approved by the Bank.

(2)

No person, who for any reason, has by any means access to any information or document relating to the business or affairs of a customer of a registered currency processor, shall disclose to any person, such information or document unless approved by the Bank.

(3)

Subsections (1) and (2) shall not apply to any disclosure—

(a)

made to the Bank relating to the performance of its duties or the carrying out of its functions under this Act; or

(b)

lawfully required by any court or any written law.

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(4)

Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding three million ringgit or imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both.