Malaysia legislation
Section 11
Section 11
(1)
Every member of the Corporation and every officer or servant of the Corporation
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(a)
shall regard and deal with as secret and confidential all information, documents and matters which or knowledge of which he may obtain as a member, officer or servant of the Corporation, as the case may be, which relates to any of the proceedings of the Corporation; and
(b)
shall not make use of any documents, matters or information which or knowledge of which he may obtain as a member, officer or servant of the
Corporation, as the case may be, for the benefit of himself or any other person or otherwise than for the purposes of his duties as a member, officer or servant of the Corporation, and shall make and subscribe a statutory declaration to such effect.
(2)
Where any member, officer or servant of the Corporation contravenes any of the provisions of paragraphs (a) or (b) of subsection (1), he shall be guilty of an offence, and shall, on conviction thereof, be liable to a fine of one thousand ringgit and to imprisonment for six months.
(3)
Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to preclude the Corporation from making, with the consent of an applicant, such enquires as the Corporation may deem fit in connection with an application made to it by that applicant.
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