Art. 14 Official secrecy
1 The staff and the management bodies must observe secrecy on official matters. 2 The duty of secrecy continues to apply after termination of employment or membership of a management body of FINMA. 3 The staff and the individual members of the management bodies of FINMA may not without authorisation from FINMA disclose in evidentiary hearings and in court proceedings as parties, witnesses or expert witnesses matters that have come to their knowledge in the course of their duties and that relate to their official tasks. 4 Official secrecy applies to all FINMA agents (audit agents, investigating agents, restructuring agents, liquidators, administrators in bankruptcy).35 35 Amended by Annex No 8 of the FA of 20 June 2014 (Consolidation of Oversight through Audit Companies), in force since 1. Jan. 2015 (AS 2014 4073; BBl 2013 6857). |