100. Powers of Commission to prohibit disclosure of information, documents, and evidence    

(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, the Commission may, in relation to any application for, or any notice seeking, any clearance or authorisation under Part V of this Act, or in the course of carrying out any other investigation or inquiry under this Act, make an order prohibiting—

        (a) The publication or communication of any information or document or evidence which is furnished or given or tendered to, or obtained by, the Commission in connection with the operations of the Commission:

        (b) The giving of any evidence involving any such information, document, or evidence.

    (2) Any order made by the Commission under subsection (1) of this section may be expressed to have effect for such period as is specified in the order, but no such order shall have effect,—

        (a) Where that order was made in connection with any application for, or any notice seeking, any clearance or authorisation under Part V of this Act, after the expiry of 20 working days from the date on which the Commission makes a final determination in respect of that application or notice, or, where that application or notice is withdrawn before any such determination is made, after the date on which the application or notice is withdrawn:

        (b) Where that order was made in connection with any other investigation or inquiry conducted by the Commission, after the conclusion of that investigation or inquiry.

    (3) On the expiry of any order made under subsection (1) of this section, the provisions of the Official Information Act 1982 shall apply in respect of any information, document, or evidence that was the subject of that order.

    (4) Every person who, contrary to any order made by the Commission under subsection (1) of this section, publishes or communicates any information or document or evidence commits an offence and is liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding $4,000 in the case of a person not being a body corporate, and $12,000 in the case of a body corporate.