S 70 repealed by No 67 of 2018, s 3 and Sch 2 item 5, applicable to conduct that occurs on or after 29 December 2018. S 70 formerly read:
SECTION 70 DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION BY COMMONWEALTH OFFICERS
(1)
A person who, being a Commonwealth officer, publishes or communicates, except to some person to whom he or she is authorized to publish or communicate it, any fact or document which comes to his or her knowledge, or into his or her possession, by virtue of being a Commonwealth officer, and which it is his or her duty not to disclose, commits an offence.
History
S 70(1) amended by No 4 of 2016, s 3 and Sch 4 item 351, by substituting
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commits
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(2)
A person who, having been a Commonwealth officer, publishes or communicates, without lawful authority or excuse (proof whereof shall lie upon him or her), any fact or document which came to his or her knowledge, or into his or her possession, by virtue of having been a Commonwealth officer, and which, at the time when he or she ceased to be a Commonwealth officer, it was his or her duty not to disclose, commits an offence.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.
History
S 70(2) amended by No 4 of 2016, s 3 and Sch 4 item 351, by substituting
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commits
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for
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shall be guilty of
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, effective 10 March 2016.
S 70(2) amended by No 70 of 2008, Sch 4 item 202, commenced 4 July 2008.
S 70 amended by No 67 of 1982, s 15 Sch 2; No 141 of 1987, s3 Sch 1.
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