114 No. 16 of 2010]
Committees
of
Board
Patents and Companies Registration
Agency
(10) The Board shall cause minutes to be kept of the proceedings
of every meeting of the Board and every meeting of any committee
established by the Board.
9. (1) The Board may, for the purpose of performing its
functions under this Act, constitute any committee and delegate to
any such committee such of its functions as it thinks fit.
The Board may appoint as members of a committee
constituted under subsection (I), persons who are or are not
members of the Board and such persons shall hold office for such
period as the Board may determine.
A committee of the Board may regulate its own procedure.
Allowances
of
members
10. There shall be paid to members of the Board or any
committee of the Board such allowances as the Board may, with
the approval of the Minister, determine.
Disclosure of
interest
(1) If a member or person is present at a meeting of the
Board or a committee of the Board at which any matter, in which
that person or any member of the person's immediate family, is
directly or indirectly interested in a private capacity, is the subject
of consideration, that person or member shall, as soon as is
practicable after the commencement of the meeting, disclose that
interest and shall not, take part in any consideration or discussion
of, or vote on any question relating to, that matter.
(2) A disclosure of interest made under this section shall be
recorded in the minutes of the meeting at which it is made.
Prohibition of
(1) A person shall not, without the consent in writing given
by or on behalf of the Board, publish or disclose to any unauthorised
person, otherwise than in the course of duties of that person, the
contents of any document, communication or information
whatsoever, which relates to or which has come to the knowledge
of that person in the course of that person's duties under this Act.
A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an
offence and is liable, upon conviction, to a fine not exceeding two
hundred thousand penalty units or to imprisonment for a period not
exceeding two years, or to both.
A person who, having any information which to the
knowledge of that person has been published or disclosed in
contravention of subsection (1), unlawfully publishes or
communicates the information to any other person, commits an
offence and is liable, upon conviction, to a fine not exceeding two
hundred thousand penalty units or to imprisonment for a period not
exceeding two years, or to both.
publication
of, or
disclosure of
information
to
unauthorised
persons