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DISCLOSURE\nLAW, 2016\n(Law 23 of 2016)\nArrangement of Sections\nSection\nPage\n1.\nShort title ...................................................................................................................................5\n2.\nInterpretation .............................................................................................................................5\n3.\nDisclosure of confidential information .........................................................................................6\n4.\nEvidence of confidential information directions ...........................................................................7\n5.\nRules Committee to make rules for procedure ...........................................................................8\n6.\nRepeal .......................................................................................................................................8\n\nConfidential Information Disclosure Law, 2016\nSection 1\n\nc\nLaw 23 of 2016\nPage 5\n\nCAYMAN ISLANDS\n\nCONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION DISCLOSURE\nLAW, 2016\n(Law 23 of 2016)\nENACTED by the Legislature of the Cayman Islands.\n1.\nShort title\n1.\nThis Law may be cited as the Confidential Information Disclosure Law, 2016.\n2.\nInterpretation\n2.\nIn this Law \u2014\n\u201cconfidential information\u201d includes information, arising in or brought into\nthe Islands, concerning any property of a principal, to whom a duty of\nconfidence is owed by the recipient of the information;\n\u201ccourt\u201d has the meaning assigned to this word in the Evidence Law (2011\nRevision);\n\u201cnormal course of business\u201d means the ordinary and necessary routine\ninvolved in the efficient carrying out of the instructions of a principal;\n\u201cprincipal\u201d means a person to whom a duty of confidence is owed;\n\u201cproperty\u201d includes every present, contingent and future interest or claim,\ndirect or indirect, legal or equitable, positive or negative, in any money,\nmoneys worth, realty or personalty, movable or immovable, rights and\nsecurities thereover and all documents and things evidencing or relating\nthereto;\n\nSection 3\nConfidential Information Disclosure Law, 2016\n\nPage 6\nLaw 23 of 2016\nc\n\n\u201cregulatory laws\u201d has the meaning assigned to these words in section 2 of the\nMonetary Authority Law (2013 Revision); and\n\u201cwrongdoing\u201d has the meaning assigned to it by section 50(2) of the Freedom\nof Information Law (2015 Revision).\n3.\nDisclosure of confidential information\n3.\n(1) Where a person owes a duty of confidence, the disclosure by that person of\nconfidential information \u2014\n(a)\nin compliance with the directions of a court pursuant to section 4;\n(b) in the normal course of business or with the consent, express or implied,\nof a principal;\n(c)\nto a constable of the rank of inspector or above investigating a criminal\noffence committed or alleged to have been committed within the Islands;\n(d) 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other\nLaw or Regulation,\nshall not constitute a breach of the duty of confidence and shall not be\nactionable at the suit of any person.\n(2) A person who discloses confidential information on wrongdoing, or in relation\nto a serious threat to the life, health, safety of a person or in relation to a\nserious threat to the environment, shall have a defence to an action for breach\nof the duty of confidence, as long as the person acted in good faith and in the\nreasonable belief that the information was substantially true and disclosed\n\nConfidential Information Disclosure Law, 2016\nSection 4\n\nc\nLaw 23 of 2016\nPage 7\n\nevidence of wrongdoing, of a serious threat to the life, health, safety of a\nperson or of a serious threat to the environment.\n4.\nEvidence of confidential information directions\n4.\n(1) In this section \u2014\n\u201cgive in evidence\u201d means make a statement, produce a document by way of\ndiscovery, answer an interrogatory or testify during or for the purposes of any\nproceeding; and\n\u201cproceeding\u201d means any court proceeding, civil or criminal, and includes a\npreliminary or interlocutory matter leading to or arising out of a proceeding.\n(2) If a person intends to or is required to give evidence in or in connection with\nany proceeding being tried, inquired into or determined by any court, tribunal\nor other authority, whether within or without the Islands and the evidence\nconsists of or contains any confidential information within the meaning of this\nLaw, the person shall apply for directions in accordance with this section\nbefore giving that evidence, unless the person has been provided with the\nexpress consent of the principal.\n(3) An application for directions under subsection (2) shall be made to and be\nheard and determined by, a Judge of the Grand Court.\n(4) Notice of an application under subsection (3) shall be served on the AttorneyGeneral and if the Judge so orders, to any person who is a party to the\nproceedings relating to the application being made.\n(5) The Attorney-General may appear as amicus curiae at the hearing of an\napplication under this section and any party on whom notice has been served\nunder subsection (4) is entitled to be heard with respect to the application,\neither in person or by an attorney-at-law representing the person.\n(6) Upon hearing an application under subsection (3), a Judge shall direct \u2014\n(a)\nthat the evidence be given;\n(b) that some or all of the evidence shall not be given; or\n(c)\nthat the evidence be given subject to conditions which the Judge may\nspecify whereby the confidentiality of the information is safeguarded.\n(7) In order to safeguard the confidentiality of a document, statement, answer or\ntestimony ordered to be given under subsection (6)(c), a Judge may order \u2014\n(a)\nthat the divulgence of the document, statement, answer or testimony be\nrestricted to certain persons named by the Judge in the order;\n(b) that evidence be taken in private in a manner specified by the Judge to\nensure privacy; and\n(c)\nthat the reference to the name, address and description of any person be\nmade by the assignment of alphabetical letters, numbers or symbols\n\nSection 5\nConfidential Information Disclosure Law, 2016\n\nPage 8\nLaw 23 of 2016\nc\n\nrepresenting the name, address and description of the person, the key to\nwhich reference shall be provided to restricted persons named by the\nJudge.\n(8) A person receiving confidential information by operation of subsection (3) is\nas fully bound by the duty of confidence, as if the information had been\ndisclosed to the person in confidence by the principal.\n(9) In considering what order to make under this section, a Judge shall have\nregard to \u2014\n(a)\nwhether the order would operate as a denial of the rights of any person in\nthe enforcement of a claim;\n(b) any offer of compensation or indemnity made to any person desiring to\nenforce a claim by any 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