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"Duty of public officers

not to

disclose source of complaint,

etc.

72A. (1) Save with the consent of

the person who has made the complaint or as

provided in subsection (4), no public officer

shall disclose to any person, other than

another public officer, the name or identity

of any person who has made a complaint

alleging a contravention of this Ordinance

or as a result of which a contravention of

this Ordinance has come to his notice or

to the notice of any other public officer.

(2) No public officer shall disclose to

an employer or his agent or servant that a

visit to the place of employment maintained

by that employer was made in consequence of

the receipt of any such complaint as is

referred to in subsection (1).

(3) Save as provided in subsection (4),

where, arising out of, or in connexion with,

the enforcement of this Ordinance, any

manufacturing or commercial secret or any

working process comes to the knowledge of a

public officer, such officer shall not at any

time, and notwithstanding that he is no

longer a public officer, disclose such secret

or process to any person.

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