Section 35 Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2018
Section 35 of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2018 is about Prohibition of disclosure of information, documents. It is under Part VI (Enforcement Warrants and Requests for Information) of the Act.
(1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2), the Commission may by order prohibit the publication or communication of any information, document or evidence which is furnished, given or tendered to, or obtained by the Commission in connection with its operations.
(2) An order made by the Commission under subsection (1) may be expressed to have effect for such period as is specified in the order, which shall not be less than two years, but the order shall not have effect where that order was made in connection with an investigation or inquiry conducted by the Commission, after the conclusion of that investigation or inquiry.
(3) A person who, contrary to an order made by the Commission under subsection (1), publishes or communicates any information, document or evidence commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding N1,000,000.00 in the case of an individual and N50,000,000.00 in the case of a body corporate.
