Malaysia legislation
Section 18
Section 18
“Obstruction, etc.
(a)
in subsection (1), by inserting after the words “Any person who” the words “discloses or”;
(b)
in subsection (2)—
(i)
by deleting the words “the disclosure is made”;
(ii)
in paragraph (a), by inserting before the words
“for or in connection with” the words “the disclosure is made”;
(iii)
in paragraph (b), by inserting before the words
“for the purpose of” the words “the disclosure is made”;
(iv)
in paragraph (c), by inserting before the words
“for the purpose of” the words “the disclosure is made”;
(v)
by inserting after paragraph (c) the following paragraphs:
“(ca) the disclosure is made with the consent of the person from whom the information or document was obtained;
(cb) the disclosure is made in circumstances where the information provided is framed in such a manner that the source of the information could not be ascertained;
(cc)
the information is already in the public domain;”;
(vi)
in paragraph (d), by inserting before the words
“to any consultant” the words “the disclosure is made”; and
(vii)
in paragraph (e), by inserting before the words
“for or in connection with” the words “the disclosure is made”; and
(c)
by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsection:
“(3) For the purposes of this section, “confidential information” means any trade, business or industrial information that belongs to any person, and that has economic value and is not generally available to or known by others.”.
Amendment of section 146