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13 Unauthorised disclosure of evidence

A person shall not, without the authority of a House or a committee, publish or disclose: (a) a document that has been prepared for the purpose of submission, and submitted, to a House or a committee and has been directed by a House or a committee to be treated as evidence taken in camera; or (b) any oral evidence taken by a House or a committee in camera, or a report of any such oral evidence; unless a House or a committee has published, or authorised the publication of, that document or that oral evidence.

Penalty:

(a) in the case of a natural person, imprisonment for 6 months or 50 penalty units; or
(b) in the case of a corporation, 250 penalty units.

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