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| (1) For the purpose of enabling the Commission to exercise, perform and discharge any of its powers, duties and functions under section 5 of this Act, the Commission or any person authorized in that behalf by the Commission may by notice in writing require any person to furnish to the Commission or to the person authorized, within such period as shall be specified, in the notice, all such returns or information pertaining to any business affairs or transactions of any public enterprise as are known to or in the possession of any person as shall be specified in such notice. |
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| (2) It shall be the duty of any person who is required to furnish any return or information by a notice under subsection (1) to comply with such requirement within the time specified in such notice, except where such person is precluded from making such return or divulging such information under the provisions of any law. |
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| (3) The Commission or any member thereof or any officer or servant of the Commission, shall not disclose to any person or use any returns or information furnished under subsection (1), except when required to do so by a court of law or for the purposes of achieving the objects of the Commission. |
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