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Personal Tax Act (No. 14 of 1959) - Sect 56

Offence of breach of secrecy, &c

55. Every person who-
(a) acts under this Act without taking an oath of secrecy as required by the provisions of section 4 (2) of the Income Tax Ordinance applied as if they were provisions of this Act in the manner indicated in section 61 of this Act; or
(b) acts contrary to the provisions of section 4 (1), or to an oath taken under the provisions of section 4 (2), of the Income Tax Ordinance applied as if they were provisions of this Act in the manner indicated in section 61 of this Act; or
(c) aids, abets or incites any other person to act contrary to the provisions of this Act,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction after summary trial by a Magistrate, be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment.


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