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Article 27 Disclosure of confidential information

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A person who—

(a)

enters a factory, workshop or workplace in pursuance of the provisions of article 7 or 8 above; and

(b)

discloses to any person any information obtained by him relating to any manufacturing process or trade secret;

shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale unless the disclosure is made in the course of performing his duty in connection with the purposes for which he was authorised to enter the land.