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Trade Secrets Protection Act
2009
THE TRADE SECRETS PROTECTION ACT, 2009 An Act to
provide for the protection of undisclosed information in commercial
transactions and to provide for other related matters.
DATE OF ASSENT: 25th
April, 2009.
Date of Commencement: 12th June, 2009.
BE IT ENACTED by
Parliament as follows:
PART I—PRELIMINARY
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Application.
(1) This Act applies to governmental agencies, and persons
regardless of the nature of the entity or the purpose for which it exists.
(2) Nothing in this Act is intended to impose on any person a liability
for the acquisition, disclosure or use of information, where that information
is acquired in the course of that person’s work, and the information is of a
character that the acquisition would amount to not more than an
enhancement of that person’s personal knowledge, skill or expertise.
(3) This Act does not affect any rules of equity or the common law by
virtue of which obligations of confidence arise with respect to
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