10.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), no person shall, unless authorised by the Minister, disclose any written or other report, information, document or evidence, or part thereof, placed before an Appeal Advisory Committee to any other person, except to the secretary, a member of the Committee, the Authority or the appellant (or his advocate and solicitor).
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the disclosure of any report, information, document or evidence, or part thereof —
(a)
by the person who placed the report, information, document or evidence before the Appeal Advisory Committee; or
(b)
which is in the public domain.
(3) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.