(1) Subject to section 64 below, no restricted information which relates to the business or other affairs of a friendly society, a registered branch of a friendly society or any other person shall be disclosed (otherwise than to an officer or employee of the primary recipient) by -
(b) any person obtaining the information directly or indirectly from him,
without the consent of the person from whom the primary recipient obtained the information and, if different, the person to whom it relates.
(2) For the purposes of this section -
"the primary recipient" means the Commission, the Chief Registrar, the central office or any officer or servant of any such person; and
"restricted information" means information which is obtained by the primary recipient for the purposes of, or in the discharge of his functions under, this Act or the 1974 Act;
but information shall not be treated as restricted information if it has been made available to the public by virtu