Correctional Services Act, 1998 (Act No. 111 of 1998)

Chapter XIV : Public-Private Partnership Correctional Centres

111. Preservation of confidentiality

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1)Every employee of the Contractor and in the case of subcontractor, any employee of a subcontractor, must preserve confidentiality in respect of any information acquired in the course of employment unless the employee concerned is-
a)reasonably obliged to disclose any such information in the course of duty;
b)authorised by the National Commissioner to make such disclosure; or
c)obliged by law or a court of law to do so.

 

2)A Contractor or subcontractor must at the time of employment of an employee draw attention to this requirement.

 

3)Any person who contravenes the provisions of subsection (1) or (2) is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine or to incarceration for a period not exceeding six months or both.