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50 (4) The Minister may make regulations prescribing the offences which may be compounded.

General penalties

56. Any person guilty of an offence under this Act for which no penalty is expressly provided shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $1,000 for every day or part thereof during which the offence continues after conviction.

Public servants

57. All members and officers of the Commission and persons authorised or appointed to exercise the powers of the Commission shall be deemed to be public servants for the purposes of the Penal Code (Cap. 224).

Evidence in proceedings

58.—(1) The Commission, the Appeal Panel, an Appeal Committee, their members and anyone acting for or under the direction of the Commission shall not give or be compelled to give evidence in a court or in any other proceedings in respect of any information obtained in performing their duties or exercising their powers or functions under this Act, except—
 * (a) in a prosecution for perjury or for the furnishing of false information;
 * (b) in a prosecution for an offence under this Act; or
 * (c) in an application for judicial review or an appeal from a decision with respect to such an application.

(2) Subsection (1) applies also in respect of evidence of the existence of proceedings conducted before the Commission.

Preservation of secrecy

59.—(1) Subject to subsection (5), every specified person shall preserve, and aid in the preservation of, secrecy with regard to—