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| (1) Where the Board receives a notice under the provisions of section 18, it may, for the purposes of this Act, direct in writing any person sending such notice, to furnish to the Board before a date specified in such direction, a return in the prescribed form containing particulars regarding his employment, and such person shall comply with such direction. |
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| (2) Any person furnishing a return under subsection (1),. may transmit with such return, a request in writing that the contents of such return should be treated as confidential and, where such a request is made, the contents of such return shall not be disclosed without the consent previously obtained of such person. |
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| (3) Nothing in the preceding provisions of this section shall be deemed to require or permit any person to disclose the contents of, or to produce, any return in any case where such disclosure or production is prohibited by or under the provisions of any written law other than this Act. |
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