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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>358496</law_id><section_number>30-162</section_number><catch_line>Disclosure of certain information by employee a misdemeanor</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="73" identifier="30">General Assembly</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="21" identifier="16">Virginia Crime Commission</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>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 <span class="dictionary">witness</span> appearing before the Commission in a private <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> or discloses any information obtained or given in a private <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> except as directed by the Governor, a <span class="dictionary">court</span> of record or the Commission, shall be guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.</p></section></text><history>1972, c. 766, &#xA7; 9-137; 2001, c. 844.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
