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This law was first created in 1972. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 766 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1972 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1426691,"object_type":"law","relational_id":358496,"identifier":"30-162","token":"30\/16\/30-162","url":"\/30-162\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/30-162\/","token":"30\/16\/30-162","dublin_core":{"Title":"Disclosure of certain information by employee a misdemeanor","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 30-162","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any employee of the Commission who discloses to any person other than the Commission or an officer having the power to appoint one or more of the Commissioners the name of any witness<\/span> appearing before the Commission in a private hearing<\/span> or discloses any information obtained or given in a private hearing<\/span> except as directed by the Governor, a court<\/span> of record or the Commission, shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY EMPLOYEE A MISDEMEANOR (\u00a7 30-162)\n\nAny employee of the Commission who discloses to any person other than the\nCommission or an officer having the power to appoint one or more of the\nCommissioners the name of any witness appearing before the Commission in a\nprivate hearing or discloses any information obtained or given in a private\nhearing except as directed by the Governor, a court of record or the Commission,\nshall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 766, \u00a7 9-137; 2001, c. 844.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}