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(2) Every warrant issued under this section shall continue in force until the end of the period of 1 month after the date on which it is issued.

(3) Any books or papers of which possession is taken under this section may be retained for a period of 3 months or, if within that period any criminal proceedings to which the books and papers are relevant are commenced, until the conclusion of those proceedings.

(4) A person who obstructs the exercise of a right of entry or search conferred by virtue of a warrant issued under this section, or who obstructs the exercise of a right so conferred to take possession of any books or papers, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $10.000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.

1 Added, 6 of 1984, s. 107)

152C. (1) No information or document relating to a company or body corporate which has been obtained under section 152A or 152B shall, without the previous consent in writing of the company or body corporate, as the case may be, be published or disclosed, except to a competent authority, unless the publication or disclosure is required with a view to the institution of, or otherwise for the purposes of, any criminal proceedings.

(2) Any person who publishes or discloses any information or document in contravention of subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable,

(a) on conviction upon indictment to a fine of $50,000 and to

imprisonment for 2 years; and

(b) on summary conviction to a fine of $10,000 and to im-

prisonment for 6 months.

(3) For the purposes of this section. "competent authority" means any of the following-

(a) the Financial Secretary;

(b) an inspector appointed under this Ordinance by the Finan-

cial Secretary;

(c) any public officer acting under the authority of the Finan-

cial Secretary.

152D. (1) A person who-

( Added, 6 of 1984, s. 107)

(a) conceals, destroys, mutilates or falsifies, or is privy to the concealment, destruction, mutilation or falsification of a book or paper affecting or relating to the property or affairs of any company or body corporate mentioned in section 152A(1); or

(b) parts with, alters or makes an omission in any such book or paper, or who is privy to parting with, altering or making an omission in any such book or paper; or

Provision for security of information.

jcf. 1967 € 81, s. 114.]

Penalization of destruction, mutilation, etc. of company documents.

lef. 1967 c. 81, s. 113.)