Section 18Part 0 —
Offences by person employed for purposes of this Law
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A person who is assigned or employed for purposes of this Law or the Regulations and who —
by virtue of such assignment or employment becomes possessed of any information which might exert an influence upon or affect the market value of any product, article or chose in action and, before such information is made public in accordance with this Law, directly or indirectly uses such information for personal gain;
without lawful authority, publishes or communicates to any person otherwise than in the ordinary course of such assignment or employment any information acquired by him in the course of his assignment or employment; or
knowingly compiles for issue any false statistics or information,
commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of one year or to both, or on conviction on indictment to a fine of ten thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of three years, or to both.
A person in possession of any information which to his knowledge has been disclosed in contravention of this Law, who publishes or communicates such information to any person not authorised to receive it, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of one year, or to both, or on conviction on indictment to a fine of ten thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of three years, or to both.