(1) No person may—
(a) interfere with, or influence, the procurement process of a procuring institution;
(b) impede an accounting officer, an accounting authority or an official of a procuring institution, the Public Procurement Office or a provincial treasury in fulfilling responsibilities in terms of this Act; or
(c) tamper with any bid after its submission or award.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to an official or any other person exercising a power or performing a duty in terms of legislation.
(3) Subsection (1) may not be construed to prohibit any person from disclosing an irregularity regarding a procurement process.