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Employment Equity Act, 1998 (Act No. 55 of 1998)

Chapter VI : General Provisions

59. Breach of confidentiality

 

(1) Any person who discloses any confidential information acquired in the performance of a function in terms of this Act, commits an offence.

 

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the information—
(a) is disclosed to enable a person to perform a function in terms of this Act; or
(b) must be disclosed in terms of this Act, any other law or an order of court.

 

(3) A person convicted of an offence in terms of this section may be sentenced to a fine not exceeding R30 000,00.

[Subsection (3) amended by section 23 of Act No. 47 of 2013]

 

(4) The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, amend the maximum amount of the fine referred to in subsection (3) in order to counter the effect of inflation.

[Subsection (4) amended by section 23 of Act No. 47 of 2013]