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Criminal Property Forfeiture Act 2002
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32 Disclosing information
(1) A corporation or an officer of a corporation may disclose information
to any one or more of the following without contravening section 31:
(a) the DPP, a police officer or a member of the Australian Crime
Commission;
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(b) an officer of the corporation, for giving information under
section 13;
(c) an officer of the corporation, for ensuring that a requirement of
a notice under section 14 is complied with;
(d) an officer of the corporation, for ensuring that an examination
order, a production order, a monitoring order or a suspension
order is complied with;
(e) a legal practitioner, for obtaining legal advice or representation
in relation to giving information under section 13 or complying
with a requirement under section 14;
(f) a legal practitioner, for obtaining legal advice or representation
in relation to an examination order, a production order, a
monitoring order or a suspension order.
(2) An individual who is not acting in the capacity of an officer of a
corporation or of a legal practitioner may disclose information to any
one or more of the following without contravening section 31:
(a) the DPP;
(b) a police officer;
(c) a member of the Australian Crime Commission;
(d) a legal practitioner, for obtaining legal advice or representation
in relation to an examination order.
(3) A legal practitioner to whom information is disclosed under
subsection (1) or (2) may disclose the information to a person to
whom it could have been disclosed under the respective subsection
for giving legal advice or representing a person in relation to the
matter disclosed.
(4) Subject to subsection (5), a person (except a legal practitioner) to
whom information is disclosed under subsection (1) or (2) may
disclose the information to another person to whom it could have
been disclosed under the respective subsection.
(5) If information about a particular matter may only be disclosed under
subsection (1) or (2) in particular circumstances or for a particular
purpose, a person must not disclose the information under
subsection (4) except in those circumstances or for that purpose.
(6) If a person to whom information about a particular matter is
disclosed under this section stops being a person of a kind to whom
the information may be disclosed, he or she must not disclose the
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information to anyone except a police officer, the DPP or a member
of the Australian Crime Commission.
(7) A person who contravenes subsection (6) commits an offence.