Confidentiality

(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, information protected by proprietary industrial property rights shall not be publicized if to do so would cause material financial harm to the owner or licensee thereof, Provided that this subsection shall not be construed to apply to any information relating to Petroleum Revenues payable or how they are to be paid. (2) A person seeking the protection mentioned in subsection (1) of this section, in respect of its information shall notify the Head of the Public Information Office, in writing, of the information concerned and apply to the Supreme Court for an order to prohibit the information being publicized. (3) The Supreme Court shall have jurisdiction to determine the matter, in chambers, and may grant temporary relief pending final resolution. The person seeking the protection shall have the burden of proving that the information should not be publicized. (4) Pending a hearing on the matter, the information shall not be publicized.