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(2)

Regulations under this section may provide

that a contravention of any such regulations shall be an

offence and shall be punishable on conviction by a fine

not exceeding $10,000 and imprisonment for a term not

exceeding 2 years.

Protection of informers.

17.

(1)

G.F. 323

Save as provided in subsection (2)

(a) no information for an offence under this

Ordinance shall be admitted in evidence in any

civil or criminal proceeding; and

(b)

no witness in any civil or criminal proceedings

shall be obliged

(i) to disclose the name or address of any

informer who has given information to the

Preventive Service or police with

respect to an offence under this Ordinance or

of any person who has assisted the police in

any way with respect to such an offence; or

(ii) to answer any question if the answer

thereto would lead, or could tend to lead, to

discovery of the name or address of such

informer or person,

if, in either case, such informer or person

is not himself a witness in such proceeding,

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