1) Any person who discloses any confidential information acquired in the performance of a function in terms of this Act, commits an offence.
2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the information-
a) is disclosed to enable a person to perform a function in terms of this Act; or
b) must be disclosed in terms of this Act, any other law or an order of court.
3) A person convicted of an offence in terms of this section may be sentenced to a fine not exceeding R10 000,00.
4) The Minister may, with the concurrence of the Minister of Justice and by notice in the Gazette, amend the maximum amount of the fine referred to in subsection (3) in order to counter the effect of inflation.