Penalties for disclosure

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  • (a) Whoever, having or having had authorized access to restricted information, learns the identity of an undercover agent or informer and discloses any information identifying such undercover agent or informer to any individual not authorized to have access to such restricted information, knowing that the information disclosed so identifies such undercover agent or informer and that the Government of the Virgin Islands is taking affirmative measures to conceal such undercover agent's or informer's confidential relationship to the Government of the Virgin Islands, shall be fined not more than $25,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

  • (b) Whoever, while engaged in an activity to identify and expose undercover agents or informers and with reason to believe that such activities would impair or impede the crime prevention or criminal apprehension activities of the Government of the Virgin Islands, discloses any information that identifies an individual as an undercover agent or informer to any individual not authorized to have access to restricted information, knowing that the information disclosed so identifies such undercover agent or informer and that the Government of the Virgin Islands is taking affirmative measures to conceal such undercover agent's or informer's confidential relationship to the Government of the Virgin Islands, shall be fined not more than $15,000 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.


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