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Section 32

Obligation of secrecy

of Judicial Appointments Commission Act 2009

ActIn forceProvision 32 of 37
Section 32
(1)

No member of the Commission and officers and servants of the Commission, whether during or after his tenure of office or employment, shall disclose any information or document obtained by him in the course of his duties.

(2)

No other person who has by any means access to any information or documents relating to the affairs of the Commission shall disclose such information or document.

(3)

Where any person ceases to be a member of the Commission, he shall return to the Secretary all papers and documents entrusted to him by virtue of his membership of the Commission.

(4)

Any person who contravenes subsection (1), (2) or (3)

commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.

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