{"act":{"id":"factories-act-1948-bihar","short_title":"The Factories Act, 1948","long_title":null,"act_number":"63","act_year":1948,"enact_date":null,"enforcement_date":null,"ministry":null,"department":null,"jurisdiction":"Bihar","unit":"section","section_count":125,"in_force":true,"spent":false,"spent_note":null,"duplicate_of":null,"text_source":"ocr","scan_url":"https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/scan/95a48c2f-32e3-4ab3-ae03-ece0be734d0c.pdf","url":"https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/factories-act-1948-bihar/"},"unit":"section","section":{"number":"118","heading":"Restrictions on disclosure of information","text":"(1) No Inspector shall, while in service or after leaving the service, disclose otherwise than in connection with the execution, or for the purposes, of this Act any information relating to any manufacturing or commercial business or any working process which may come to his knowledge in the course of his official duties. (2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall apply to any disclosure of information made with the previous consent in writing of the owner of such business or process or for the purposes of any legal proceeding (including arbitration) pursuant to this Act or of any criminal proceeding which may be taken, whether pursuant to this Act or otherwise, or for the purposes of any report of such proceedings as aforesaid. (3) If any Inspector contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both. 1[118A. Restriction on disclosure of information .- (1) Every Inspector shall treat as confidential the source of any complaint brought to his notice on the breach of any provision of this Act. (2) No inspector shall, while making an inspection under this Act, disclose to the occupier, manager or his representative that the inspection is made in pursuance of the receipt of a complaint: Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall apply to any case in which the person who has made the complaint has consented to disclose his name. ] 2[119. Act to have effect notwithstanding anything contained in Act 37 of 1970 .- The provisions of this Act shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 3[or any other law for the time being in force.]]","html":"<p>(1) No Inspector shall, while in service or after leaving the service, disclose otherwise than in connection with the execution, or for the purposes, of this Act any information relating to any manufacturing or commercial business or any working process which may come to his knowledge in the course of his official duties. (2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall apply to any disclosure of information made with the previous consent in writing of the owner of such business or process or for the purposes of any legal proceeding (including arbitration) pursuant to this Act or of any criminal proceeding which may be taken, whether pursuant to this Act or otherwise, or for the purposes of any report of such proceedings as aforesaid. (3) If any Inspector contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both. 1[118A. Restriction on disclosure of information .- (1) Every Inspector shall treat as confidential the source of any complaint brought to his notice on the breach of any provision of this Act. (2) No inspector shall, while making an inspection under this Act, disclose to the occupier, manager or his representative that the inspection is made in pursuance of the receipt of a complaint: Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall apply to any case in which the person who has made the complaint has consented to disclose his name. ] 2[119. Act to have effect notwithstanding anything contained in Act 37 of 1970 .- The provisions of this Act shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 3[or any other law for the time being in force.]]</p>","words":297,"text_source":"ocr"},"classification":[],"instruments":[],"judgments":[],"corresponds_to":[],"url":"https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/factories-act-1948-bihar/section/118/","note":null,"source_note":"Read from the Government's own scanned gazette with Azure Document Intelligence, then split into sections by their numbering. 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