judicial or quasi-judicial function; or
(v) the assessment or collection of any tax or duty or imposition of any levy by the
relevant authority shall be exempted from sections 6, 7, 8, and sub-section (2)
of section 9 of this Act or as may be prescribed under the Rules and Commission
for specific purposes permitted under this Act;
(b) processed concerning information on the physical or mental health of a data subject
shall be exempted from sub-section (2) of section 9 and other related provisions of
this Act of which the application of the provisions to the data subject would be
likely to cause serious harm to the physical or mental health of the data subject or
any other individual;
(c) processed for preparing statistics or carrying out research shall be exempted from
sections 6, 7, 8, and sub-section (2) of section 9 of the Act and other related
provisions of this Act, provided that such personal data is not processed for any
other purpose and that the resulting statistics or the results of the research are not
made available in a form which identifies the data subject;
(d) necessary for or in connection with any order or judgment of a court shall be
exempted from sections 6, 7, 8 and sub-section (2) of section 9 of the Act and other
related provisions of this Act;
(e) processed to discharge regulatory functions shall be exempted from sections 6, 7, 8
and sub-section (2) of section 9 of the Act and other related provisions of this Act
if the application of those provisions to the personal data would be likely to
prejudice the proper discharge of those functions; or
(f) only processed for journalistic, literary, or artistic purposes shall be exempted from
sections 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and sub-section (1) of section 16 and other related
provisions of this Act provided that—
(i) the processing is undertaken for publication;
(ii) the data controller subject to a reasonable belief that taking into account the
special importance of public interest in freedom of expression, the
publication would be in the public interest; and
(iii) the processing is on grounds of national security interests of the State
provided that the processing of personal data shall not be permitted unless
it is authorised pursuant to an express authorisation by the Commission.
(3) Subject to section 33 infrastructure providers whose infrastructure is used by the data
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