114 No. 16 of 2010] Committees of Board Patents and Companies Registration Agency (10) The Board shall cause minutes to be kept of the proceedings of every meeting of the Board and every meeting of any committee established by the Board. 9. (1) The Board may, for the purpose of performing its functions under this Act, constitute any committee and delegate to any such committee such of its functions as it thinks fit. The Board may appoint as members of a committee constituted under subsection (I), persons who are or are not members of the Board and such persons shall hold office for such period as the Board may determine. A committee of the Board may regulate its own procedure. Allowances of members 10. There shall be paid to members of the Board or any committee of the Board such allowances as the Board may, with the approval of the Minister, determine. Disclosure of interest (1) If a member or person is present at a meeting of the Board or a committee of the Board at which any matter, in which that person or any member of the person's immediate family, is directly or indirectly interested in a private capacity, is the subject of consideration, that person or member shall, as soon as is practicable after the commencement of the meeting, disclose that interest and shall not, take part in any consideration or discussion of, or vote on any question relating to, that matter. (2) A disclosure of interest made under this section shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting at which it is made. Prohibition of (1) A person shall not, without the consent in writing given by or on behalf of the Board, publish or disclose to any unauthorised person, otherwise than in the course of duties of that person, the contents of any document, communication or information whatsoever, which relates to or which has come to the knowledge of that person in the course of that person's duties under this Act. A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable, upon conviction, to a fine not exceeding two hundred thousand penalty units or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years, or to both. A person who, having any information which to the knowledge of that person has been published or disclosed in contravention of subsection (1), unlawfully publishes or communicates the information to any other person, commits an offence and is liable, upon conviction, to a fine not exceeding two hundred thousand penalty units or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years, or to both. publication of, or disclosure of information to unauthorised persons