Clause 7
- Document type
- Other
- Dated
Confidential informations
- (1)
- Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rules (2),(3) and (7) of rule 6, sub-rule (2) of rule 12, sub rule (4) of rule 15 and sub-rule, 17, the copies of applications received under sub-rule (1) of rule 5, or any other information provided to the designated authority on a confidential basis by any party in the course of investigation, shall, upon the designated authority being satisfied as to its confidentiality, be treated as such by it and no, such information shall be disclosed to any other party without specific authorization of the party providing such information.
- (2)
- The designated authority may require the parties providing information on confidential basis to furnish non-confidential summary thereof and if, in the opinion of a party providing such information, such information is not susceptible of summary, such party may, submit to the designated authority a statement of reasons why summarization is not possible.
- (3)
- Not withstanding anything contained in sub-rule (2), if the designated authority is satisfied that the request for confidentiality is not warranted or the supplier of the information is either unwilling to make the information public or to authorize its disclosure in a generalized or summary from, it may disregard such information.