Section 155H: Confidentiality of information

155H. Confidentiality of information.-- All trade information gathered by Customs during clearance of goods shall be confidential and shall not be used except for - (a) statistical purposes by the department and other Government organizations; or (b) purposes of comparison and evidence 3[by the appropriate officer of customs] as against other imports and exports; or (c) production as evidence before a legal forum or an organization explicitly so authorized by the Federal Government; 7[or (d) sharing of data to the extent of agreed data contents under a memorandum of understanding, bilateral, regional, multilateral agreements or convention; or (e) public disclosure of valuation data through any medium containing description of items, origin, currency, declared and assessed unit value without disclosing name and address of the importer or exporter or their suppliers.] and any disclosure, publishing or dissemination of trade information of any person except as provided above without his explicit permission to any other person shall be an offence.

Effective date: 1969-03-03

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