13. No person employed in the service of Her Majesty, or authorized by the Minister to make an inquiry contemplated in section 3, shall communicate to anyone whomsoever other than a person generally or specially authorized by the Minister himself any information obtained under the provisions of this act, or allow any person not authorized in the same manner to inspect or have access to any statement or return furnished under the provisions of this act.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be liable to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars and of not more than two hundred dollars, and costs, and, in default of payment of the fine and costs, to imprisonment for one to three months.