Manufacturing or commercial secrets not to be divulged

(1) Subject to such exceptions as may be prescribed, a labour officer– (a) shall not reveal, even after leaving the service, any manufacturing or commercial secrets or working processes which may come to his knowledge in the course of his duties; and (b) shall treat as absolutely confidential the source of any complaint bringing to his notice a defect or breach of legal provisions and shall give no intimation to the employer or his representative that a visit of inspection was made in consequence of the receipt of such a (2) Every person who wilfully acts in contravention of this section commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both such fine and term of imprisonment. 27