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Criminal Property Forfeiture Act 2002
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31 Disclosure not permitted
(1) A person must not, except as permitted under section 32, disclose
to another person:
(a) the fact that a financial institution, or an officer of a financial
institution, intends to give or has given information to the DPP
or a police officer under section 13; or
(b) the nature of any information given under section 13; or
(c) the fact that a notice has been or is to be issued, or a
response to a notice has been or is to be made, under
section 14; or
(d) the content of a notice or response made under section 14; or
(e) the fact that he or she has been subject to a production order
or an examination order in relation to another person's wealth,
liabilities, expenditure or income; or
(f) the fact that another person is or has been subject to, or the
subject of, a production order, an examination order, a
monitoring order or a suspension order; or
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(g) the contents of any examination order, production order,
monitoring order or suspension order.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), a person discloses information in
contravention of that subsection if the person:
(a) discloses information to another person from which the other
person could reasonably be expected to infer that a notice
under section 14 has been or is to be issued or a response to
such a notice has been or is to be made; or
(b) discloses information to another person from which that
person could reasonably be expected to infer anything about
the nature or contents of a notice or response under
section 14; or
(c) makes or keeps a record of any information about a notice or
response under section 14, other than a copy for the person's
own records of the notice or the information provided in
response to the notice; or
(d) discloses information to another person about the existence or
operation of an examination order, a production order, a
monitoring order or a suspension order; or
(e) discloses information to another person from which that
person could reasonably be expected to infer anything about
the existence or operation of an examination order, a
production order, a monitoring order or a suspension order; or
(f) makes or keeps a record of any information about the
existence or operation of an examination order, a production
order, a monitoring order or a suspension order, other than a
copy for the person's own records of:
(i) an order directed to the person; or
(ii) the information provided by the person in response to
the order.