Section 16: Restriction on Disclosure of Information by Staff and Penalty therefor.

(1) Any person appointed or employed for the due administration of this Act who communicates to any other person (not being a member of the Council or another employee of the National Office authorised to receive such communication) any document, drawing, photograph, plan, model or other information whatsoever which to his knowledge describes, represents or illustrates-
(a) any existing or proposed machinery, plant, installation or other structure whatsoever; or
(b)
any patent, process or any design,
submitted by any person to the National Office for or in connection with any application for registration under this Act shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) Any person found guilty of an offence under this section shall on conviction be liable to a fine of N2,000 or to imprisonment for two a term of years or to both such fine and imprisonment.