Section 8. Every owner, agent and marlager of a mixe

8. Every owner, agent and marlager of a mixe rmililic, to shall afford the Chief Inspcclor allcl every Inspector be ~nupcctors. ~ffordrd ~nupcctors. ~ffordrd ~ffordrd and every person authorised under section 1 all reasonable facilities for malting any entry, inspection, survey, measurement, examination or inquiry under this Act. be ~nupcctors. ~ffordrd ~nupcctors. ~ffordrd ~ffordrd to 9. (I) 'All b e 1 1 Indian Mines. [ACT IT `9. (1)` All copies of, and extracts from, regiaters or other records appertaining to any mine, and all other information acquired by the Chief Inspector or an Inspector or by any one assisting him, in the course of the inspection of any mine under this Act or acquired by any person authorised under section 7 in the exercise of his dutiis thereunder, shall be regarded as confidential. secrecy of information obtained. (2) If the Chief Inspector, or an Inspector or any other person referred to in sub-section `(1)` discloses to any one, other than a Magistrate or an officer to whom he is subordinate, any such information as aforesaid without the consent of the Governor General in Council or of the Local Government, he shall be guilty of a breach of official trust, and shall be punishable in the manner provided by secxv of 1889. tion 4 of the Indian Official Secrets Act, 1889. (3) No Court shall proceed to the trial of any offence under this section except on colrlplaint made by order of, or under authority from, the Governor General in Council or the Local Government, or made by a person aggrieved by the offence.