Section 20: Unlawful disclosure and failure to furnish information lawfully requested

(1) Any person, being a person employed for any of the purposes of this Act, who without lawful authority, publishes or communicates to any person, otherwise than in the ordinary course of his duties, any information acquired by him in the course of his duties, is guilty of an offence under this section and liable on conviction to a fine of ten thousand naira or to imprisonment for a term of three years or to both such fine and imprisonment.
(2) Any person, being in possession of any information which to his knowledge has been disclosed in contravention of this Act, or who publishes or communicates such information to any person, is guilty of an offence under this section and liable on conviction to a fine of ten thousand naira or imprisonment for a term of three years or to both such fine and imprisonment.
(3) Any person who, in the execution of any other purpose or duty under this Act, fails to comply with or contravenes any other term or condition of his oath, is guilty of an offence under this section and liable on conviction to a fine of ten thousand naira or to imprisonment for a term of three years or to both such fine and imprisonment.