(1) A person who operates as a credit bureau when the licence to operate as a credit bureau has been revoked or suspended, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not less than five thousand penalty units or a term of imprisonment of not less than ten years or both.

(2) A person who

(a) discloses confidential information as provided under section 27, or

(b) fails to disclose confidential information as provided under section 27 of this Act, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not less than four thousand penalty units or a term of imprisonment of not less than eight years or both.

(3) A person who discloses confidential information concerning the affairs of d per; on or firm obtained in the course of the performance of functions under this Act, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not less than four thousand penalty units or a term of imprisonment of not less than eight years or both.

(4) A person who hinders, opposes, obstructs or unduly influences a person in the exercise of a power, performance of a delegated function, conferred or imposed duty under this Act, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not less than two thousand penalty units or a term of imprisonment of not less than four years or both.

(5) Where a person other than the sender or the intended recipient of a transmitted message or data, steals, intercepts, interferes with, alters or modifies, diverts, unlawfully discloses, decodes or attempts to decode a transmitted message or data, or facilitates any act, that person commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not less than four thousand penalty units or a term of imprisonment of not less than eight years or both.

(6) A person who fails to comply with any other provision of this Act commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not less than two thousand penalty units or a term of imprisonment of not less than four years or both.

(7) Where an offence is committed under this Act by a body corporate, each director, executive officer, secretary or employee of the body corporate who was by act or omission, directly or indirectly concerned in or is a party to the commission of the offence shall also be guilty of the offence