Section 31: Communication of confidential or secret information

(1) Any member of the Fire Service who at any time communicates or attempts to communicate any confidential or secret information obtained by him in the course of his duties as a member of the Fire Service to any unauthorised person shall be guilty of an offence and on summary conviction thereof shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred naira or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding three months or to both such fine and imprisonment, and shall further be liable to dismissal from the Fire Service.
(2) For the purposes of this section, an "unauthorised person" means any person other than a person to whom a member of the Fire Service is authorised by the Minister to communicate such information.