(iii)
disclosure (whether to him or another)
without lawful authority by a person to
whom it was entrusted as mentioned in
sub-paragraph (ii) above; and
(2)
(b)
the disclosure without lawful authority of the
information, document or article by the person into
whose possession it has come is not an offence under
any of those provisions.
Subject to subsections (3) and (4) below, the person into
whose possession the information, document or article has come is
guilty of an offence if he discloses it without lawful authority
knowing, or having reasonable cause to believe, that it is protected
against disclosure by the foregoing provisions of this Act and that
it has come into his possession as mentioned in subsection (1) above.
(3) In the case of information or a document or article
protected against disclosure by sections 1:0 3 above, a person does
not commit an offence under subsection (2) above unless -
(a) the disclosure by him is damaging; and
(b)
he makes it knowing, or having reasonable cause to
believe, that it would be damaging,
and the question whether a disclosure is da naging shall be
determined for the purposes of this subsection as it would be in
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(4) A person does not commit an offence under subsection (2)
above in respect of information or a document or other article which
has come into his possession as a result of having been disclosed
(a) as mentioned in subsection (1) (a) (i) above by a
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government contractor: or