Protected Areas and Protected Places Act · s 6A

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s 6A

An authorised officer or any person authorised by the Commissioner of Police, any officer commanding a Police District and any police officer of or above the rank of Assistant Superintendent empowered by the

Commissioner of Police or an officer commanding a Police District under section 3 —

(a)

knowingly or negligently discloses to any other person information or any other matter which is likely to prejudice the safety of any person or property in a protected area or a protected place; or

(b)

knowingly or negligently acts in any manner which is likely to prejudice the safety of any person or property in a protected area or a protected place, is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding

$20,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years or both.