1. Shall be punished by temporary imprisonment and/or a fine of not less than five hundred thousand (500,000) Dirhams any person who, by any authority granted thereto hereunder, has access to confidential information of a sensitive nature in electronic records, documents or correspondence, and intentionally discloses any of such information in violation of the provisions of this Decree Law. 2. The penalty shall be imprisonment and/or a fine of not less than two hundred and fifty thousand (250,000) Dirhams and not more than five hundred thousand (500,000) Dirhams, if the confidential information is not of a sensitive nature.The penalty shall be imprisonment and/or a fine of not more than five hundred thousand (500,000) Dirhams, if the negligence of the violator causes the disclosure of any sensitive or non-sensitive confidential information.The cases where information is disclosed for the purposes of implementing the provisions of this Decree Law or any judicial procedure shall be excluded from the provisions of Clause (1) of this Article.
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