law: 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.     
  
  
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  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.