ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Nairobi International Financial Centre Act
17. Confidentiality
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
17. Confidentiality
(1)A director, officer, employee or agent of the Authority or any person who for any reason has access to any record, document, material or information relating to the affairs of the Authority which that person acquires through the performance of his or her duties or the exercise of his or her functions shall not divulge, use for personal gain, publish or otherwise disclose to any person such document, material or information unless the disclosure is required—(a)to be disclosed under any law;(b)for the performance of his or her duties or the exercise of his or her functions under this Act; or(2)This section shall not apply to any document, material or information which at the time of disclosure is, or has already been made lawfully available to the public.(3)A person who has any document, material or information which to his or her knowledge has been disclosed in contravention of subsection (1) shall not disclose, in any manner, the document, material or information to any other person.(4)A person who contravenes subsection (1) or (3) shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both.