37. Confidential information not to be disclosed

Information gathered by any person in the course of an investigation conducted under this Act or thereafter, which is entitled to be treated as confidential information under section 16, shall not be disclosed by such person unless required or authorized to do so under the provisions of this

Any person who in contravention of the provisions of subsection (1) discloses any confidential information as referred to therein, shall be guilty of an offence and be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding rupees one hundred thousand or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both such fine and imprisonment.