South Australian Consolidated Acts

FINANCIAL TRANSACTION REPORTS (STATE PROVISIONS) ACT 1992 - SECT 9

9—Secrecy

        (1)         This section applies to a person who is or has been the Commissioner of Police or a member of the police force.

        (2)         A person must not—

            (a)         make a record of protected information; or

            (b)         directly or indirectly divulge or communicate protected information,

unless the record is made, or the information is divulged or communicated, in the performance of a duty relating to the enforcement of a law of the State, the Commonwealth, another State or a Territory.

Penalty: Division 5 fine or division 5 imprisonment or both.

        (3)         A person is not required to divulge or communicate protected information to a court unless it is necessary to do so for the enforcement of a law of the State, the Commonwealth, another State or a Territory.