Disclosure by public servants criminalised; prosecution requires prior central government sanction and opportunity to be heard, and fines may follow. Criminal liability arises where a public servant furnishes information or produces documents in breach of the disclosure prohibition, punishable by imprisonment and fine; prosecution is barred unless the Central Government grants prior sanction, which may be accorded only after giving the public servant an opportunity to be heard.
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Disclosure by public servants criminalised; prosecution requires prior central government sanction and opportunity to be heard, and fines may follow.
Criminal liability arises where a public servant furnishes information or produces documents in breach of the disclosure prohibition, punishable by imprisonment and fine; prosecution is barred unless the Central Government grants prior sanction, which may be accorded only after giving the public servant an opportunity to be heard.
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