Trade Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969
60. Restriction on Disclosure of Information
(1) No information relating to any
undertaking being an information which has been obtained by or on behalf of the
Commission for the purposes of this Act, shall, without the previous permission
in writing of the owner for the time being of the undertaking, be disclosed
otherwise than in compliance with or for the purposes of this Act.
(2) Nothing contained in
sub-section (1) shall apply to a disclosure of an information made for the
purpose of any legal proceeding pursuant to this Act or of any criminal
proceeding which may be taken, whether pursuant to this Act or otherwise, or
for the purposes of any report relating to any such proceeding.
(3) The provisions of sub-section
(2) relating to the disclosure of information shall not extend to the
disclosure of the source of such information, except where the disclosure of
such source is required by any Court, Tribunal or other authority.