Section 56B: Disclosure of information by a public servant

[56B. Disclosure of information by a public servant.─ (1) Any information acquired under any provision of this Act shall be confidential and no public servant 649[, expert or auditors appointed under section 32B] shall disclose any such information, except as provided under section 216 of the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001 (XLIX of 2001). (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) and the Freedom of Information Ordinance, 2002 (XCVI of 2002), any information received or supplied in pursuance of bilateral or multilateral agreements with government of foreign countries for exchange of information under section 56A shall be confidential.]

Effective date: 1990-11-01

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