Confidentiality breaches following unauthorised statutory access attract monetary penalty, replacing the earlier imprisonment-and-fine enforcement framework.

Section 72 imposes liability where a person exercising statutory powers obtains access without consent to electronic records, correspondence, information, documents or other material and discloses it to another person. The provision operates subject to contrary permission under applicable law. Unauthorised disclosure attracts a monetary penalty that may extend to five lakh rupees, replacing the earlier consequence of imprisonment, a fine, or both.

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