Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act

Marginal note:Protection of information

• 45.44 (1) The Commission may, by regulation, establish measures to protect the information under its control or in its possession.

• Marginal note:Consultation and approval

  (2) Subject to subsection 45.47(2), if the Commission obtains access to information referred to in subsection 45.39(3) or to privileged information from the Force, no member, officer or employee of the Commission and no other person acting on its behalf shall distribute any report or other document that contains or discloses the information or any part of it without having first obtained the approval of the Commissioner.

• Marginal note:Time limit

  (3) The Commissioner shall indicate whether he or she approves the distribution of a report or other document under subsection (2) as soon as feasible after being consulted under that subsection.

• Marginal note:Regulations

  (4) The Governor in Council may make regulations respecting measures to protect the information under the control, or in the possession, of the Commission.

• Marginal note:Conflict or inconsistency

  (5) In the event of a conflict or inconsistency between the regulations made under subsections (1) and (4), the regulations made under subsection (4) prevail to the extent of the conflict or inconsistency.

• Marginal note:Duty to comply with regulations

  (6) Subject to subsection (5), every member, employee and officer of the Commission and every person acting on its behalf shall comply with the regulations made under subsections (1) and (4).