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Section 55

Breach of confidence

of Petroleum (Income Tax) Act 1967

ActIn forceProvision 68 of 124
Section 55
(1)

Any classified person who in contravention of section 71—

(a)

communicates classified material to another person; or

(b)

allows another person to have access to classified material, shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding two thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.

(2)

In this section, “classified material” and “classified person”

have the same meaning as in section 71.

Offences by officials