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Article 152 Communications to the press etc.

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(1)

No officer or employee shall make, directly or indirectly, any unauthorised communication to a representative of the press or any other person concerning matters which have become known to them in the course of his or her duties.

(2)

No officer or employee shall, without the authority of the Governor or, in such circumstances as the Scottish Ministers may specify in a direction, publish any matter or make any public pronouncement relating to the administration of any institution to which the Act applies or to any person who may be lawfully confined therein.