The Data Protection Act, 2020

Part VIIMiscellaneous and General

Section 63. Prohibition of requirements as to production of certain records

This text is reproduced from the Act for reference and is being proofread against the official publication. For authoritative wording, consult the official Data Protection Act, 2020.

63.—(1) A person concemed with the provision of goods, facilities Prohibition or services to the public ora section of the public, whether for payment °F ‘out or not, shall not as a condition of providing or offering to provide any production

or certain goods, facilities or services to an individual, require that individual to records. supply or produce a relevant record.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who shows—

(a) that the imposition of the requirement was required or authorised by any other law or by the order of a court; or

(b) that in the particular circumstances the imposition of the requirement was justified as being in the public interest.

(3) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and shall be liable upon—

(a) summary conviction ina Parish Court to a fine not exceeding two million dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years; or

(b) conviction on indictment in a Circuit Court, to fine, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years. ; (4) In this section “a relevant record” means any record which—

- (a) has been or is to be obtained by a data subject from a data controller specified in the first column of the Fourth Schedule Fourth in the exercise of the right conferred by section 6 (right of S“*edule access to personal data); and

(b) contains information relating to any matter specified in relation to that data controller in the second column of the Fourth Schedule,and includes a copy of such a record or part of such a record.

(5) For the purposes of this section—

(a) arecord is nota relevant record to the extent that it relates, or is to relate, only to personal data that is recorded information held by a public authority other than by means which enable the data to be processed automatically, or to be structured either by reference to individuals or criteria relating to individuals so that specific information relating to a particular individual is readily available;

(b) arecord which states that a data controller is not processing any personal data relating to a particular matter shall be taken to be arecord containing information relating to that matter.

(6) The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, amend the Fourth Schedule. Avoidance of |

Source: Data Protection Act, 2020, p.85.