Section 8(2) of the Prevention of Black-marketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities…
Section 8(2) provides that nothing in s.8(1) requires the authority "to disclose facts which it considers to be against the public interest to disclose". It is thus an…
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Section 8(2) of the Prevention of Black-marketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1980 creates an exception to the obligation imposed under:
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Correct answer B
Section 8(2) provides that nothing in s.8(1) requires the authority "to disclose facts which it considers to be against the public interest to disclose". It is thus an exception to the duty to communicate grounds under s.8(1), not to the reporting duty in s.3(3) or the confidentiality rule in s.11(4).