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prosecutions under the new Part VIIA; and

(b) where the Attorney General orders disclosure

under powers given him by new section 49G.

New section 49G empowers the Attorney General in certain

circumstances to order disclosure of records of confidential

information maintained by the Registry or its reporting

agencies where a crime is being investigated or prosecuted.

Subsection (2) of that new section will prevent the Attorney

General delegating this function. Failure to comply with an

order of the Attorney General is to be an offence punishable

with a fine of $5,000 and imprisonment for 6 months.

5.

By new section 49D, it is made an offence to

disclose, or to permit access to, the records of confidential

information covered by the Bill; an offence under section

49D will, however, not be committed where disclosure is

authorized or access is permitted in accordance with

section 49E, 49F or 49G (referred to below) or in

accordance with the following exceptions

...

(a) where disclosure is to the Commissioner for

(b)

(c)

Narcotics or to a director of a reporting

agency, or to an employee of the Registry

or of a reporting agency, for the purpose

of his work;

where disclosure is to a medical practitioner

for the purpose of giving medical treatment to,

or inquiring into the cause of death of, any

person; or

in a prosecution for an offence under the

new Part.

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