Foreign Exchange Act 2017 · As enacted
21. Duty of officers and servants to maintain secrecy
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
Except in the performance of his duties under this Act, every officer or servant of the Department of Foreign
Exchange of the Central Bank shall preserve, and aid in preserving, secrecy with regard to all matters that may come to his knowledge in the performance of his duties under this
Act, and any such officer or servant who communicates any such matter to any person other than –
the person, class or classes of persons to whom that matter relates or an authorized representative of such person, class or classes of persons;
the Monetary Board;
the Governor of the Central Bank or an officer of the Department of Foreign Exchange of the Central
Bank authorized by the Governor to obtain information regarding that matter;
the Secretary of the Ministry of the Minister assigned the subject of Central Bank;
a public officer authorized by the Minister to obtain information regarding that matter; or
a person to whom it is necessary to communicate that matter for the purpose of securing compliance with, or detecting evasion of, any provision of this
Act, or any other written Law, or suffers or permits any unauthorized person to have access to any book, papers or records of the aforesaid Department or in the possession or custody, or under the control, of the head of that Department, commits an offence.
No officer or servant of the Department of Foreign
Exchange shall, in any legal proceedings to which the
Monetary Board is not a party be compellable except by
Order of the Court to produce any book or document or to divulge or communicate any matter coming under his notice in the performance of his duties under this Act.