Cap. 621 Art. 26Disclosure of information.

(1) The Director and members of the Board, members of the Directorate staff and advisors and contractors of the Bureau shall treat any information acquired through the performance of their duties under this Act as secret and confidential and shall not disclose the same to any person other than as necessary for the proper performance of their duties:

Provided that nothing in this sub-article shall be deemed to preclude the Director or any member of the Directorate Staff acting under a general or specific authorisation from the said Board to disclose information to the Attorney General, or any prosecuting authority, that may be required in the prosecution of offences for a relevant offence or to any fiscal or supervisory authority established by or under any other law for the purpose of aiding such other authority in the carrying out of its functions.

(2) The Director and members of the Directorate staff shall keep a record of any disclosure of information made in accordance with sub-article (1) hereof, indicating the person to whom the information has been disclosed and where necessary, the date of the authority to disclose given in writing by the Director:

Provided that in urgent cases, authority to disclose may be given verbally in which case it shall be confirmed in writing as soon as may be, and in no case later than two (2) working days of the giving of the verbal authority.