LawgistThe Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act
37Penalty for disclosing identity information
Whoever, intentionally discloses, transmits, copies or otherwise disseminates any identity information collected in the course of enrolment or authentication to any person not authorised under this Act or regulations made thereunder or in contravention of any agreement or arrangement entered into pursuant to the provisions of this Act, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with a fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees or, in the case of a company, with a fine which may extend to one lakh rupees or with both.
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OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
- 34 Penalty for impersonation at time of enrolment
- 35 Penalty for impersonation of Aadhaar number holder by changing demographic information or biometric information
- 36 Penalty for impersonation
- 37 Penalty for disclosing identity information
- 38 Penalty for unauthorised access to the Central Identities Data Repository
- 39 Penalty for tampering with data in Central Identities Data Repository
- 40 Penalty for unauthorised use by requesting entity or offline verification-seeking entity
- 41 Penalty for non-compliance with intimation requirements
- 42 General penalty
- 43 Offences by companies
- 44 Act to apply for offence or contravention committed outside India
- 45 Power to investigate offences
- 46 Penalties not to interfere with other punishments
- 47 Cognizance of offences
