LAW ON THE STATE
INTELLIGENCE SERVICES AND THE
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION

Penal Provisions :

Article 27 - Those persons who obtain documents and information concerning the MIT's duties and operations shall receive 2 to 8 years of imprisonment with hard labour, unless the action they commit necessitates a more severe punishment.

If the crime specified in the previous paragraph has been committed due to simple negligence or through the facilitation of a person in possession or in the knowledge of such documents or information, the perpetrator shall be sentenced with imprisonment with hard labour for a term of 1 to 5 years.

The person who reveals the contents of such documents and information or discloses the documents or information themselves will be sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour for a term of no less than five years, unless the crime necessitates a more severe punishment. If the crime has been committed due to the offender's negligence, the term of imprisonment shall be between 6 months and 2 years.

If the crime of disclosure has been committed through publication, the penalty will be increased by fifty percent.

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