Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act, 1986
7. Restrictions on
disclosure of information. –
1.
All
copies of, and extracts from, registers or other records in relation to any
dock work and all other information required by the Chief Inspector or an
Inspector or by any one assisting him, in the course of the inspection or
investigation carried out for the purposes of this Act or the regulations shall
be regarded as confidential and shall not be disclosed to any person or
authority unless such disclosure is for the purpose of any action or proceeding
under this Act or the regulations or under any other law or unless the Chief
Inspector or the Inspector considers such disclosure necessary to ensure the
health, safety or welfare of any dock worker.
2.
The
Chief Inspector or the Inspector shall not disclose the source of any complaint
bringing to his notice a defect or breach of any legal provisions and if any
visit or inspection is to be made in connection with such a complaint, he shall
give no intimation to the employer that the visit is made in consequence of
receipt of such a complaint:
Provided that the
restrictions imposed under this subsection shall not apply to any case where
the complainant himself has expressed his willingness to have the source of the
complaint disclosed.
1.
2.
3.
If
the Chief Inspector or an Inspector or any other person referred to in
sub-section (1) discloses, contrary to the provisions or this section, any
information as aforesaid, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term
which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.