P.R. Laws tit. 29, § 99n

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§ 99n. Confidentiality of records, books and documents

All records, account books and other documents and papers belonging to and submitted for study and verification by a labor organization to the Labor Union Services Bureau, as provided in §§ 99e, 99f and 99k—99o of this title, as well as any information or evidence obtained therefrom, shall be considered as strictly confidential and may not be produced as evidence in the courts of justice, nor may the same be disclosed by any officer or employee of said service, unless the labor organization in question so requests it in writing from the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources. Any employee or agent of the Department of Labor and Human Resources who discloses any information furnished during the rendering of the services requested by a labor organization, without written permission being granted by the latter, may be dismissed from the Department of Labor and Human Resources upon preferment of charges and the holding of a hearing, as provided by law.

History —July 23, 1974, No. 155, Part 1, p. 708, § 10, renumbered as § 6 and amended on July 20, 1979, No. 164, p. 416, § 7.