A person who negligently commits an offence under Articles 144 or145,
Penal Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
English-language 2015 Ministry of Justice edition. Refworld catalogues this English expression as an unofficial translation; Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation.
Article 147
Negligent Breach of Confidence · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
is guilty of negligent breach of confidence, a Class 1 petty offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 6 months and not more than 12 months, or a fine of 20,001 – 50,000 Nakfas, to be set in intervals of 2,500 Nakfas.
It shall not be a defense that the offender is no longer employed in the position or engaged in the activity that gave rise to the duty of confidentiality or secrecy.
No person shall be found guilty where:
the information became public by means not attributable to the offender before the offender revealed the secret or confidential information;
the information was revealed pursuant to a law or an order of a Court of law or other competent authority; or
the person or authority for whom the information is being kept confidential or secret has expressly authorized the disclosure.