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Immigration Act 2009

Offences, penalties, and proceedings - Offences

354: Failure to maintain confidentiality in relation to refugee or protection matters

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“Keeping refugee and protection information confidential”

You might get in trouble if you share secret information about refugees or people who need protection. This can happen in two ways. First, if you tell someone information that should be kept private according to section 151(1) of the law. Second, if you make public any information that someone else shared when they weren’t supposed to. The law says you shouldn’t do these things unless you have a really good reason.

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Part 10 Offences, penalties, and proceedings
Offences

354Failure to maintain confidentiality in relation to refugee or protection matters

  1. Every person commits an offence who, without reasonable excuse,—

  2. contravenes section 151(1); or
    1. publishes information released in contravention of section 151(1).

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