(1) A person shall not disclose confidential information obtained by him or her while performing duties as a director or member of the staff of, or an adviser or consultant to, the IANS or a subsidiary unless he or she is duly authorised by the IANS or the subsidiary, as the case may be, or by a member of the staff of the IANS or the subsidiary, as the case may be, duly authorised in that behalf, to do so.

(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence.

(3) In this section, "confidential" means that which is expressed by the IANS or the subsidiary concerned, as the case may be, to be confidential either as regards particular information or as regards information of a particular class or description.