Cap.14:34 SPECIAL EcoNoMIC ZoNEs No. 7/2016 (2) Where the offence referred to in subsection (1) is committed by a company or other corporate body every director or member of the governing body of the company or corporate body shall be liable to a fine of three times the amount of level fourteen or imprisonment for a period of one year or both such fine and such imprisonment, unless any director or member concerned proves that he or she took no part in the conduct of the company or corporate body. PART IX GENERAL 51 Vessel in relation to special economic zone Any vessel tied alongside a structure built beside a lake or river or other water body where vessels may dock, of a special economic zone, shall be deemed to be within such zone. 52 licensed investors to submit returns Every licensed investor shall submit to the Authority at such intervals as the Authority may direct such statistical data and such information and returns as respects his or her sales and purchases and other operations as the Authority may require. 53 Priority to be given to applications, requests, etc. of Authority (1) Every person whatsoever, including every Minister, statutory corporation and local authority, whose duty it is to consider applications made by the Authority for purposes of this Act, shall ensure that, as far as possible, priority is given to the consideration of every application and request made by the Authority on behalf of a person carrying on or proposing to carry on an approved activity in a special economic zone or elsewhere. (2) The Authority shall report to the Minister any delay resulting from what, in its opinion, is a failure to comply with subsection (1). 54 Preservation of secrecy (1) All persons wh~ (a) are employed in carrying out the provisions of this Act; or (b) examine documents or project applications or returns by licensed investors under the control or in the custody of the Authority; shall, subject to subsection (2), keep secret, and aid in keeping secret, all information coming to their knowledge in the exercise of their functions. (2) No person referred to in subsection (1) shall, except in the exercise of his or her functions under this Act or unless he or she is required to do so by order of a competent court(a) communicate information coming to his or her knowledge in the exercise of his or her functions to any person who is not(i) the applicant or other person to whom the information relates or by whom the information was furnished; or (ii) the lawful representative of the applicant or other person to whom the information relates or by whom the information was furnished; or 205

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