Rule 7
Bar To Disclose Or Misuse Information
(1) No Civil Servant shall disclose any information to anybody that is deemed to be confidential by the existing laws.
(2) No Civil Servant shall disclose or use, for his or her personal or family benefit or the benefit of any other person, any information or notice that has come to his or her knowledge in his or her official capacity or in the course of discharging his or her duty or by any other means, regardless of whether or not such information or notice was
made available to him or her in his or her office.
(3) No Civil Servant, other than an Office-in-Charge, Information Officer or Spokesperson, shall make public any information not yet released by his or her office:
Provided that nothing herein shall prevent from giving information that has already been made public by his or her office.
(4) While giving information to the public or to a person or civil servant in connection with the function of the office by an office, it is mandatory to give full and true information.
(5) No Civil Servant shall use any information acquired in the discharge of his or her official duties for any purpose other than the one for which such information was meant or made available.
(6) No Civil Servant, other than an Office-in-Charge, information officer or Spokesperson, shall without authorization, deliver a statement, give an interview or give information through any means of communication on any business of the office or any subject related thereto regardless of whether or not it is done on the condition of
anonymity. In giving such information or delivering such a statement or granting such an interview upon getting authorization, one should limit oneself to the facts and no personal view or opinion may be expressed on that.
(2) No Civil Servant shall disclose or use, for his or her personal or family benefit or the benefit of any other person, any information or notice that has come to his or her knowledge in his or her official capacity or in the course of discharging his or her duty or by any other means, regardless of whether or not such information or notice was
made available to him or her in his or her office.
(3) No Civil Servant, other than an Office-in-Charge, Information Officer or Spokesperson, shall make public any information not yet released by his or her office:
Provided that nothing herein shall prevent from giving information that has already been made public by his or her office.
(4) While giving information to the public or to a person or civil servant in connection with the function of the office by an office, it is mandatory to give full and true information.
(5) No Civil Servant shall use any information acquired in the discharge of his or her official duties for any purpose other than the one for which such information was meant or made available.
(6) No Civil Servant, other than an Office-in-Charge, information officer or Spokesperson, shall without authorization, deliver a statement, give an interview or give information through any means of communication on any business of the office or any subject related thereto regardless of whether or not it is done on the condition of
anonymity. In giving such information or delivering such a statement or granting such an interview upon getting authorization, one should limit oneself to the facts and no personal view or opinion may be expressed on that.