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(1) An inspector shall not

(a) have direct or indirect interest in any undertaking he or she is required to inspect;

(b) divulge during or after termination of his or her service, any manufacturing or commercial secrets or working processes or confidential information which may have come to his or her knowledge in the course of his or her duties;

(c) disclose the source of any complaint by which the inspector is informed of any contravention of the provisions of this Act or Regulations made thereunder or intimate to the employer or the employers’ representative that an inspection was carried out in consequence of such complaint.

(2) An inspector who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 500 penalty units or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.