Section 60: Misuse of information

## 60. Misuse of information

(1) Any person who—

(a) discloses confidential information held by or obtained from the Centre otherwise than in accordance with section 40 or 41;

(b) willfully destroys or in any other way tampers with information kept by the Centre for the purposes of this Act;

(c) uses information from the Centre otherwise than in accordance with—

(i) any arrangements or safeguards made or imposed by the Director in terms of section 40(3); or

(ii) section 40(6); or

(d) discloses a fact or information contemplated in section 45B(2A), or uses such information, otherwise than as permitted by section 45B(5),

is guilty of an offence.

(2) Any person who knows, suspects or ought reasonably to have known or suspected—

(a) that information has been disclosed to the Centre; or

(b) that an investigation is being, or may be, conducted as a result of information that has been or is to be disclosed to the Centre,

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and who directly or indirectly alerts, or brings information to the attention of, another person which will or is likely to prejudice such an investigation, is guilty of an offence.