Restriction on publication on information and returns

Any user of ground water may give notice in writing to the Ground Water Authority to treat as confidential, any specimen taken under clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 13 or any other information or return furnished by him under clause (e) of sub-section (1) of that section and thereupon the Ground Water Authority shall not allow that specimen or other information or return, except in so far as it contains or affords information as to water resources and supplies and geological conditions, to be published or shown to any person (not being an officer of the Government), unless the person giving the notice consents thereto.